World Vision, EcoWaste unite to empower waste disposal workers
With funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Global Development , World Vision and EcoWaste are implementing the PHINLA Project, coined from the name of the countries where the project is being implemented, namely the Philippines, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka.
A compliance audit on 178 local government units showed that from 2011 to 2017, 27.53 percent did not comply with regulations for segregation at source while 23.03 percent did not comply with regulations on segregated collection. People from the village, mostly volunteers who identify themselves as eco warriors, do daily house to house waste collection using the 17 pedicabs and five motorbikes that the PHINLA project provided them.
On the next phase of the project, PHINLA will help the village establish the waste collectors’ association as a business enterprise, functioning and earning income on its own to provide salary for waste workers.
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