Cebu City to pay consultant P2.5M for Inayawan landfill rehab plan
Signing of agreement seeks to comply with CA’s order to permanently stop the dumping of trash in Inayawan landfill.
A private consultancy company will formulate the post-closure and rehabilitation plan for the landfill in Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City in the next three months.
The City Council authorized Mayor Tomas Osmeña last week to enter into and sign a consultancy agreement with Full Advantage Phils. International Inc.,
Consultancy firm to assess waste depth, volume, leachate generated and extent of area covered by wastes inside the landfill.
a project developer and consulting company in the field of energy and environment.
The matter is covered by an approved resolution authored by Councilor Sisinio Andales.
The move seeks to comply with the decision of the Court of Appeals’ Special 19th Division, which ordered the City Government to permanently cease and
Firm to finish data gathering, site assessment investigation, among others, within three and a half months.
desist from dumping garbage in the landfill on Dec. 15, 2016.
The court also directed the City to continue the post-closure rehabilitation of the facility.
Under the agreement, the City will pay the firm P2,474,550 for its services, which will include data collection and site assessment on waste depth, volume and extent of area covered, leachate gener- ation and quality, groundwater and surface water quality, social aspect, and air quantity.
The firm is also tasked to formulate the plans on the closure of the facility, its post-closure management and monitoring, and post-closure land use.
Full Advantage will also conduct the site assessment investigation to determine the extent of environmental risk and hazard to the surrounding community brought about by the operation of the landfill.
It will also assist the City in the selection of technology for the establishment of a waste-to-energy facility that will address the problem on solid waste management.
The project is expected to be completed within three and a half months.
To shed more light on the matter, the council invited the firm and the bids and awards committee on infrastructure to an executive session on March 6.