Barangay Guadalupe continues to struggle with garbage collection and is asking City Hall to replace four聽 dilapidated garbage trucks.
鈥淲e see to it that we collect garbage early, but there are people who throw their garbage late,鈥� said Michael Gacasan, barangay captain of Cebu City鈥檚 biggest barangay.
鈥淭hat is why there is聽 some garbage left uncollected in the sidewalks.鈥�
The Department of Public Services (DPS), in a briefing the other day, said they tried placing plant boxes made of rubber tires along the sidewalks to Guadalupe church to prevent people from dumping trash by the road.
But after a few days, the聽 plant boxes聽 are cleared out and garbage piles reappear. Gacasan, in a separate interview, said he was unaware of this and would look into the matter.
Waste segregation, sorting and composting is聽 supposed to be done at聽 the barangay level聽 to reduce the volume of trash that ends up in the landfill.
But Gacasan said he would ask the City Council to buy more garbage trucks.
鈥淲e would like to request three or four more trucks to replace our worn -out units,鈥� he said.
Guadalupe has six聽 functional garbage trucks left since four are dilapidated, and can鈥檛 be used any more, he said. He said 26 personnel are in charge of garbage collection.