That’s a whole lot of trash!
“Some 108,980 kilos of solid waste were cleared by the Makati Task Force Waterways led by the Makati Department of Environmental Services (DES) during the clean-up of the city’s waterways from January to May this year,” reports Mike Frialde on Philstar.com.
The report said that “in a report to Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay, DES chief Danilo Villas revealed that the five-month clean-up covered 31,260 linear meters of waterways traversing 21 barangays in both city districts.”
According to the report, most of the waste matter cleared from the creeks and canals were “dried leaves, paper, recyclables such as plastic bottles, tarpaulin banners, aluminun cans, used clothes, used shoes, and wiring materials.”
