Due to the glaring waste problem in Malabon, the Malabon-Navotas Waste Workers' Association began a community initiative to save the city from eventual submergence
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Malabon, a densely populated city, is a natural catch basin of its neighboring cities because of its low-lying topography. It is also bound by the Tullahan River, on which nearby communities depend for fishing and agricultural work.revealed that the Tullahan River became narrower and weaker over the years, triggering it to overflow during storms and high tide. This causes severe flooding in Malabon and nearby cities such as Caloocan, Navotas, and Valenzuela.
All 21 barangays in Malabon are covered by MaNaWWA’s services, with 328 employees logged in 2023. Most are street sweepers, drivers of waste collection trucks, shovellers, dispatchers, canal decloggers, waste pickers, monitoring officers, and more.
Other types of waste, such as broken tires, tiles, and toilet bowls, are also thrown by residents in driveways and sidewalks. They also conduct mangrove tree planting to help maintain cleanliness and avoid flooding in Camanava rivers. This project is one of MaNaWWA’s volunteer initiatives in collaboration with their local government and barangays.
“Ang ang antas ng kanilang pamumuhay, ang itaas ang morale ng mga waste workers at magkaroon ng pagkakataong mamuhay ng disente at makatao. The Malabon local government acknowledges MaNaWWA by connecting them to government agencies like the Department of Science and Technology, which recently donated bioreactors for their composting efforts. However, the critical players in MaNaWWA’s continuing environmental work are non-government organizations supporting them financially and operationally.
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