Metro Clark Waste Management expands landfill’s capacity, says larger engineered landfills needed to meet PH waste disposal requirements

The company has completed its P350M expansion for its Clark landfill.

A total of seven hectares was developed to accommodate the continued demand for clients’ waste disposal needs.

MCWM said more and larger landfills are needed nationwide to address the country's growing waste crisis.

Leading waste management firm, Metro Clark Waste Management (MCWM), recently completed a major expansion project at its landfill facility in Kalangitan, Clark, Pampanga. The country’s first engineered sanitary landfill was expanded to fulfill MCWM’s mission to provide world-class waste disposal services to more cities, municipalities, and industrial clients in Central Luzon. The company pointed out that all projections by both local and foreign experts show that the volume of Philippine waste will continue to increase, and already exceeds the total capacity of existing landfills in the country.

World Vision conducts climate change summit to intensify waste management in Cotabato

“Sustainability means leaving something for our children,” says guest speaker Ryan Fabay, Mindanao State University Faculty, in the recently concluded Climate Change Summit in Cotabato City. 

The Climate Change Summit aims to engage identified communities in improving their mechanisms on waste collection, waste segregation, recycling and other climate change adaptation practices. The initiative is organized through World Vision’s Adapting Solid Waste Management as Climate Crises Solution project in partnership with local government unit of Cotabato City.

“Basically the Climate Change Summit is the effort of World Vision and the local government unit to reach the communities and involve them in managing, conserving and protecting the city environment,” says Fabay. According to him, bridging the gap between the government and our community partners to work together will bring