Group makes bags out of election campaign tarps

The Kaabag Mandaue Inc. has coordinated with various cooperatives to recycle the election campaign tarpaulins.

Karla Victoria Cortes, the president of KMI, said that it is their aim to help the city government in its cleanliness drive especially after elections that left many tarpaulins hanging on the streets.

Aside from this, Cortes said the recycled tarpaulins will be made into school bags and will be given to school children for free especially to those who need it as face-to-face classes are set to resume.

The Tipolo Creekside Urban Poor Home Owners’ Association (TICUPHAI) will be the one to finalize the finish products before distribution to its intended beneficiaries.

KMI is the city’s biggest people’s organization in terms of membership. It was founded by Mayor Jonas Cortes when he was then a city councilor on November 26, 2006 for the purpose of promoting self-help and providing mutual support to members in times of dire need.

“Nakig-alayon ang Kaabag Mandaue sa mga nagkadaiyang kooperatiba aron maoy motahi sa mga gipangbaklas nga tarpaulin ug mohimo niini nga bags nga naay nagkalain lain nga desenyo,” KMI said.

Mandauehanons who know a child that needs these free bags are advised to contact KMI’s Facebook page.

The Mandaue City government has started to remove campaign materials including tarpaulins right after the May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections.

According to the city’s Public Information Office head, Atty. John Eddu Ibañez, that all campaign tarpaulins were removed regardless of political affiliations.

This as the Department of Interior and Local Government earlier reminded all local government units and candidates to remove and dispose of all campaign waste materials.

DILG Secretary Eduardo Año, in a statement, said that aside from incumbent LGU officials, the department also urged all candidates, winners and non-winners alike, to take it upon themselves to lead in the removal of their campaign materials.

In an advisory to local chief executives (LCEs), Año urged the proper disposal of election propaganda materials in line with environmental laws and local ordinances and regulations against illegal dumping, open burning, and littering.

In the 2019 midterm elections, Año added that more than 168.84 tons of campaign materials were collected. —