BAHKAP System

Beacuase of the active participation of Puroks in the 25 barangays in Bantayan, the final sorting and recovery of recyclable materials is even easier and efficient, the Municipal Solid Waste Managent of Bantayan reported.  

Organic wastes generated from the public market of the Municipality of Bantayan are collected daily and transported to the CMRF.  On the average, the CMRF received 20 tons of organic waste every month.

  Salient Points:   For the month of April, we expected the volume of garbage to double because of the holy week activities.  The possible influx of local tourists and devotees coming from other cities and municipalities and even from other provinces were expected to affect waste generation.  However, the data show decrease of waste received in April 1-30.  From the average of 99,000 kg in Quarter 1, we only recorded 77,002 kg in in April (see Figure 1).  Based on data and assuming that all garbage generated in April has been collected, there is no significant increase of garbage generated in the month of April.  Though there is a slight increase of more than 2000 kg of biodegradable collected from the Public Market still manageable as compared to the forecasted increase of 100,000 kg.   Factors Affecting the Reduction of Waste in April: 1. The moisture content of garbage in April 1-30 was relatively lower due to absence of rainfall.  The average moisture content of Municipal Solid Was

What happened: Waste management in Bantayan finished off a volatile year with gains in Q4, with collection of garbage in pilot area boosted with the green light after being pushed as one of the major priority programs of the administration. Meanwhile, Bantayan waste management challenges increased as household participation from the pilot barangays yields relatively lower at the last two quarters of 2022. What we expect from here: The household participation in waste segregation may remain challenging in early 2023. In contrast, we are more optimistic with the expansion of BAHKAP System coverage to the 4 barangays in Q2, and another 4 in Q3, including the islets and coastal barangays.   What to do: We recommend a broader IEC (10-point agenda, food security program, BAHKAP System Program) to strengthen people’s participation with exposure in some income-generating projects as an economic allocation strategy while slowly increasing exposure of the remaining barangays towards BAHKAP Syste

It is one of the most imperative strategies of the local government of Bantayan to prioritize actions with public health benefits and employ highest quality science with a full range of practical experience in resource management through an integrated solid waste management system.  The integration of solid waste management system and safe water sanitation and hygiene in the purok and barangay aims to develop management tools and standards, empower the purok through sharing of best practices and cooperation, conduct monitoring and coordination, and to respond emerging issues pertaining to garbage and water.   OBJECTIVES 1. To introduce the nine (9) types of garbage most likely found in the mainstream for the proper segregation, diversion, and disposal; 2.        Equip the purok leaders, environmental enforcers and MRF personnel with the capacity and mechanisms for monitoring and coordination; 3.        Identify targets and strategies for the operation and management of the 2 MRFs in Ti

BAHKAP System -  An evolving concept.    As we continue our effort to instill the discipline associated in solid waste management in a manner that is in accord with the best principles in public health, economics, engineering, conservation, aesthetics, and other environmental considerations – the Municipality of Bantayan have set its mandate toward institutionalizing the BAHKAP System.  BAHKAP was adopted by the local government unit of Bantayan in 2020.  It was introduced as Trash for Health (T4H) program by Zoological Society of London-Philippines – a conservation organization in cooperation with the Development Consulting Group, Inc. (DCGI).      T4H is a multi-stakeholder collaborative program that engages selected barangays, and other stakeholders to improve community support for the ecological solid waste management through innovative incentive schemes. Piloted in eight (8) barangays that resulted to the identification of emerging opportunities not only to the establishment a str

The BAHKAP System platform for basic solid waste management and monitoring.