Mayor Ondo acquires 5 brand new garbage compactors

Rev. Fr. Carlos Rodriguez Jr. sprinkles holy water to one of
the five brand new garbage compactors acquired by the
city. Behind the priest is Mayor Edward C. Codilla.
(Photo by Anthony Rosales)

THE city government procured five garbage compactors for the city-wide solid waste management program. The Hino 500 Euro2 trucks, all brand new, arrived on Jan. 11 and blessed the following day. The units cost P5.5 million each with a load capacity of 10 cu.m.

Funding for the acquisition was taken from the unappropriated surplus end of year 2013 to supplement the capital outlay for motor vehicles of the General Services Department. The purchase of the garbage compactors will solve the problem of uncollected garbage due to the frequent breakdown of old garbage trucks and improve the day-to-day waste collection of the city.