3 DAVAO / MAYOR TO STUDY WASTE PROJECT IN JAPAN

Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, seven city officials and two representatives from an environment watchdog will travel to Japan next week to study the USD 70-million Waste-to-Energy(WTE) project which is eyed to improve the city’s waste management. The mayor said they will be going to Japan upon the invitation of the Japanese firm in the City of Kitakyushu to observe its own WTE operation. It will be an all-expenses paid by the city government of Kitakyushu. The Japanese firm, Nippon Steel, has offered to do the WTE facility.