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Uprooted Marine Flora Caused by Habagat



Undesirable weather condition affects not only to the supply of marine products but also to the marine ecosystem.  Uprooted seagrasses are evident on shorelines facing southwest.  Some plastic waste drifted along the coastline.  

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BAHKAP System

LGU Bantayan-Centralized Material Recovery Facility (MRF): Brief Description of existing waste management plan

  LGU Bantayan-Centralized Material Recovery Facility (MRF): Brief Description of existing waste management plan FIGURE ABOVE:  The Basura Hipusa, Kahimsog Pangga-a (BAHKAP System) is the framework for the basic management and monitoring of domestic wastes in the Municipality of Bantayan.       Bantayan is seriously seeking for a durable solution to address complex waste management challenges in the context of climate change.  Today, the goal is to shift from the typical collection and disposal of garbage to RECOVERY of garbage with economic value at the household level.  Today, there are more than twenty thousand households, 392 puroks and 25 barangays to consider in the management of wastes.    To encourage waste segregation at source, we introduced the 9-waste characterization guide (monitoring form per household) to the 392 puroks, the purok officers then distribute the form to its households.  Each purok have establis...