Spanish Embassy To Explain Mechanics on 
Bacolod P14M Solid Waste Management Grant

     The Economic and Commercial Office of the Embassy of Spain in the Philippines will meet today the Solid Waste Management Technical Team of the city to explain the mechanics of the 14 million- peso grant of the Spanish government for the feasibility study on the improvement of the Solid Waste Management System and Facilities of Bacolod City.
     Expected to arrive today are Spanish Embassy Economic and Commercial Counsellor Jose Miguel Cortes and analyst Jose Primo Santos.
     The Spanish Embassy approved the grant amounting to 220,000 euros or its 14 million pesos equivalent.
     Bacolod City Mayor Evelio R. Leonardia sought the endorsement of the National Economic and Development Authority in January 2005 for the city’s request for grant assistance to the Spanish Government to fund the undertaking of a feasibility study on the Improvement of the Solid Waste Management System and Facilities of Bacolod City.
     “This is really something big.  This could put us among the best prepared cities on Solid Waste Management, “ Leonardia said.
     “We expect the technical preparation for the planning of the SWM program will be better off than other cities in the country” Leonardia added.  “I don’t think there are any other city that has spent this much for a feasibility study, not even the big cites in Manila.”
     The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod has passed Resolution no. 787 last September 15,2005 endorsing the request of the city mayor for the grant from the Spanish government.
     Part of the Solid Waste Management Plan of the city is a feasibility study for the construction of the necessary solid waste management facilities like sanitary landfill (SLF), materials recovery facilities (MRF) and closure and sealing of existing uncontrolled and controlled dumpsites.

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