A COUNCILOR here said that an international company started its feasibility study on waste-to-resources technology in the city to address its solid waste management problems.
During the Pulong Pulong sa Dabawenyos on Tuesday, June 16, Councilor Tek Ocampo revealed that a Malaysian-Singaporean company began its feasibility study on Monday, June 15. to analyze the types of waste generated in the city that they can process.
“The company is employing a 5th Generation Waste Management System aimed at establishing a circular economy and achieving a zero-landfill target,” he said.
He added that under this system, all types of waste, whether wet or dry, will be processed and recycled into useful energy, Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF), or food waste to compost.
This technology is currently deployed in countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia, and is expanding into Vietnam.
Ocampo said if the results prove favorable, Davao City will be the first in the Philippines to implement it.
The councilor said the company is still in the feasibility stage, which is expected to last for a month. Following the study, the company will submit a proposal for the city council’s assessment.
“They will not be asking for funding from the city government; they will fund it themselves,” he stressed.
He noted that the company began communicating with the city government last year and submitted a letter of intent to conduct the feasibility study about two weeks ago, following the tragedy in the sanitary landfill.
Ocampo said numerous companies have expressed interest in partnering with the city, including a Korean firm interested in mining methane gas from the sanitary landfill.
