Basurang itinambak sa Misamis ibinalik na sa SoKor

Sa wakas, naibiyahe na kahapon ang 51 containers ng ilegal na basurang nakatambak sa Mindanao International Container Terminal (MICT) sa Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental pabalik sa South Korea kung saan ito nanggaling ilang buwan na ang nakalilipas.

Gayunman, maagap na ipinunto ni Aileen Lucero, national coordinator ng environmental group na EcoWaste Coalitionna“thestruggleforenvironmental justice, morality and the rule of law is not yet over” dahil mayroon pang 5,176.91 tonelada ng basura ang nakatambak pa rin lupa ng gobyerno sa Barangay Santa Cruz, Tagoloan, at naghihintay na maibiyahe palabas ng bansa.

Sa ceremonial send-off rites na ginanap sa MICT, sinabi ni Lucero na “the waste shipments violated Korean and Philippine customs and environmental laws, as well as the Basel Convention,” at “sending the garbage back to its origin is only just, moral and lawful.”

“May our victory serve as a lesson to big nations that small nations like the Philippines can rise and fight for its right to have a clean environment free from the hazardous waste of the most powerful and industrialized nations of the world,” pahayag naman ni MICT Port Collector John Simon.