Shocking News: Baguio City in State of Calamity Due to Garbage


Read: Calamity because of Garbage. This is shocking! To think Baguio City is one of the top tourist destinations in our country. The government there is desperately looking for town to accept their garbage, and they’re looking at the Province of Tarlac to be the place.

This is depressing, especially for Baguio residents. How can they allow this to happen?

This shouldn’t be happening. Garbage is definitely avoidable. But thinking of this scenario in Baguio City, it could be a blessing in disguise. People should learn from this disaster.

Having no garbage collector in a single household in a day is already a major problem, what more if its a city-wide disaster? They have to think fast before impending danger creeps in. Uncollected garbage may cause health risks to the residents especially during rainy season.

The problem and the solution cannot be passed on to the mayor alone. This should be dealt with by its residents and it should be a collective effort. Baguio City used to be a pleasant place to visit, especially during Holy Week but due to traffic and smog,  Baguio City slid down bottom of the Tourist Destination. To add to that this gross problem, now it seemed hopeless.

Garbage problem shouldn’t be difficult to solve. There’s only one solution to this: practice “Zero Waste Management”. It is doable. It only takes practice to make it a habit.

Let’s hope this doesn’t happen in Boracay, another top tourist destination. Let’s wake up! Don’t make your place be in state of calamity due to garbage!

*photo credit:http://dvice.com/archives/2006/09/big_brother_is_watching_your_g.php



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3 Responses to “Shocking News: Baguio City in State of Calamity Due to Garbage”

  1. Sonnet on July 29th, 2008 9:36 am

    Oh no! What happened to my beloved Baguio? How difficult is it to shoot one’s trash in the wastebasket kasi? This is my grandfather’s hometown and my all-time favorite province but, I can’t recognize it in the picture anymore because of the filthy garbage:(

  2. darkkid on August 1st, 2008 1:24 pm

    Kailan pa ba maayos ang garbage problem ng Baguio, sna naman mag bukas ulit ung irisan dump site, we the students of city high main will try to reduce our garbage and segregate it, sna naman may student na makikinig sa announcement ko, we will try to segregate our garbage pra naman kumunti ang garbage problem ng Baguio

  3. Frederik Blom on May 20th, 2009 4:47 am

    Collecting garbidge takes time. So reducing it and you can keep up with the amounts. In Holland we and in Finland I see they have made these pits in the street. The whole pit about 3 deep and 1.5 meter wide is filled with a bucket of the same size. They have different buckets lined up: normal waste, green waste, paper waste. This way people are seperating the garbidge ahead. In Holland Rotterdam Rijnmond has the most modern way of collecting garbidge. I am sure they want to supply advise how to build this up. Anyone should just ask them.

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