Saan nga ba dinadala ang mga basura mula sa ospital? | Kara Docs
Aired (August 19, 2024): 15 truck na puno ng treated medical waste ang itinatambak sa isang sanitary landfill araw-araw. Ganito raw karami ang mga basura mula sa ospital na itinatapon araw-araw sa isang sanitary landfill na accredited ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) sa Capas, Tarlac.
Sa nalalapit na pagsasara ng pinakamalaking sanitary landfill sa bansa, saan na kaya dadalhin ang mga basurang ito mula sa mga ospital?
Sa nalalapit na pagsasara ng pinakamalaking sanitary landfill sa bansa, saan na kaya dadalhin ang mga basurang ito mula sa mga ospital?
Sa nalalapit na pagsasara ng pinakamalaking sanitary landfill sa bansa, saan na kaya dadalhin ang mga basurang ito mula sa mga ospital?
Sa nalalapit na pagsasara ng pinakamalaking sanitary landfill sa bansa, saan na kaya dadalhin ang mga basurang ito mula sa mga ospital?
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00:00After loading the garbage from the hospital,
00:03they are transported to a treatment facility.
00:07The machine, we call it autoclave.
00:10So the autoclave, to treat the waste there,
00:16you inject steam.
00:19The steam treats the medical waste.
00:22It's a pressure vessel, and when you inject steam,
00:27the pressure will rise, and it's directly proportional to the heat.
00:31When the pressure rises, the temperature also rises.
00:34So that's the time it's fully treated.
00:37In a complete cycle, it takes up to one hour,
00:41including loading, treatment, and disposal.
00:47After the medical waste is treated,
00:49it is transported to a sanitary landfill
00:52accredited by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, or DNR.
00:57The sanitary landfill is basically a final disposal site
01:03for all kinds of garbage.
01:06Aside from accepting and managing the garbage that is brought here,
01:13we also have services that carry the garbage ourselves,
01:18from our clients.
01:21We have our own fleet of trucks.
01:24That's the service we provide to our clients.
01:28We get it from material recovery facilities,
01:32from LGUs, from municipalities,
01:36and from other industrial clients also.
01:39We directly get the garbage.
01:41We are the only landfill that has this special cell
01:48for the treated medical waste.
01:51The cell is what we call a garbage pit.
01:53It's where the garbage is dumped.
01:55We are the only ones who are fully compliant there
01:58and we have the permit to accept those kinds of waste.
02:03Every day, more than 15 trucks full of treated medical waste are brought here.
02:10Most of the medical waste comes from Luzon,
02:15including Metro Manila, and most of them from Metro Manila.
02:18We still receive some from Palawan, Iloilo,
02:22and from Visayas.
02:25Residential waste, household waste,
02:28that's what we use, we throw it in the trash at home.
02:31It's carried by the municipalities.
02:33What DENR and EMB require is to separate the household waste
02:39from the treated hazardous waste.
02:42That's why we did it, we complied there.
02:46Just last week,
02:48in the middle of the storm Karina,
02:50which was even stronger,
02:52more than 1,000 tons of garbage
02:54were dumped by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, or MMDA,
02:59throughout Metro Manila.
03:01In 2018, more than 55,749 tons of infectious waste
03:08were collected by the Philippines.
03:10According to the DENR-EMB Online Hazardous Waste Management System,
03:15this crisis resulted in a 480% increase
03:20in hazardous and infectious waste generation
03:23from June 2020 to December 2021.
03:28In addition, in 2021,
03:31more than 234,000 metric tons of healthcare waste were collected.
03:38This amounted to more than 6,000 trucks.
03:42The Kalangitan Landfill in Kapastarlak
03:45can handle the estimated 400 cubic meters of medical waste per day.
03:5115 truckloads,
03:53syringes,
03:55the garbage is light.
03:57So even if one truck is big,
04:01there might be 10 tons inside.
04:04So our estimate,
04:06on the average, is 15 trucks daily,
04:09more or less 120 tons.
04:12But if the Kalangitan Landfill is not there,
04:14where can the garbage collected by Christopher be brought?
04:19It is more worrisome that it will be completely closed this October.
04:24The BCDA is saying that they will not renew
04:28our contract to lease the property.
04:31Because they say that this is a BOT,
04:34or Build Operate Transfer,
04:36which cannot be renewed.
04:39The paradox is that the Bases and Conversion Development Authority,
04:43or BCDA,
04:44is the owner of the land where the landfill can be found.
04:48According to our conversation,
04:50they will not be able to give a statement
04:52because their case is in the court.
04:55It is a big threat not only to cleanliness but also to health
05:00when the Kalangitan Landfill is closed to the public.
05:04From the time that we receive it,
05:06we will treat it.
05:08And then as soon as the treatment is over,
05:11it will go straight to the MetroClerk.
05:13If you will treat a lot of people,
05:15of course, it will take time.
05:17But it should not take long
05:19in the treatment facility
05:21because if you treat the former Hazardous Waste,
05:25the Hazardous Waste might return.
05:28So we really need to bring it to the MetroClerk quickly.
05:34Of course, we will wait for the help of our government
05:39to provide an alternative side.
05:43For now, if the DENR says
05:45that they have an accredited sanitary landfill
05:48and they have a cell for Hazardous Waste,
05:53then we will throw treated waste there.
05:57It is important that it is accredited by the DENR
05:59because we have a reporting in the DENR.
06:02So we cannot put there
06:04that we disposed of the sanitary landfill
06:07other than what they have accredited.
06:11We also contacted the DENR
06:13for their statement on the issue.
06:15But until now,
06:17they have not launched an interview.
06:20We also contacted the DENR Region 3
06:23to give an interview.
06:26But it did not reach our schedule
06:28for airing and uploading this episode.
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