Officials say the closure will not affect the garbage collection in the city as the Irisan dumpsite receives only 4,200 kilograms or three percent of Baguio's rubbish daily.
— The local government of Baguio has ordered the temporary closure of a dump site located in the city's biggest barangay.
Irisan dumpsite was ordered closed in 2012 after five people died in a trash slide at the height of Typhoon Mina in 2011. Under a writ of kalikasan issued in 2012, the dumpsite should have been converted to an eco-park. Officials said the closure will not affect the garbage collection in the city as the Irisan dumpsite receives only 4,200 kilograms or around three percent of Baguio's rubbish daily. There are also alternative landfills in Pangasinan and Tarlac.-cellophane , even in the restaurants...
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