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Environmental organizations urged the local administration on Thursday to halt utilizing the pyrolysis/gasification process that turns plastic waste into byproducts because it is dangerous for both people and the environment.

Merci Ferrer, co-convenor of War on Waste Break Free from Plastics, stated during a Kapihan sa PIA event that environmental advocacy organizations in the province are fighting to block the city from using pyrolysis technology at its Central Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Barangay Candauay.

Plastic waste is frequently converted into solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels through the process of pyrolysis. Plastic garbage is thermally degrading at various temperatures.

Plastics create highly harmful dioxins as they burn, which make up the majority of the materials consumed by pyrolysis, according to Ferrer. Keeping recyclable materials or leftovers that can still be sold would also be counterproductive.

According to Ferrer, the local government should enhance its rubbish segregation strategy in order to reduce the amount of waste that is brought to the MRF.

She claimed that the communities of Looc, Bantayan, Piapi, Banilad, and Calindagan were the first to implement the Zero Waste Management initiative.

Only a small number of clusters in each barangay, she claimed, have been actively engaged in the effort.

The pyrolysis/gasification process, which employs heat to break down organic wastes, is harmful and can have negative health effects on those who are exposed to it, according to Dr. Jorge Emmanuel, a former chief technical adviser for the United Nations Development Program.

He added, “These are not just spread through the air, but also through the food we eat.

Emmanuel mentioned the expense of the procedure.

He also warned the local government that because it uses burning technology to dispose of waste, it might not be able to obtain an environmental certification from the International Zero Waste Alliance.

Many members of the International Zero Waste Alliance that we are aware of will never accredit or certify a city as being a zero-waste city if that city is burning or utilizing an incinerator or pyrolysis-gasification unit, he continued.

In order to establish effective garbage segregation, Gary Rosales, a member of three organizations working on zero-waste programs, said they would urge for a deeper commitment from the barangays.

The facility was built somewhere in the middle of 2021 after the city’s illegal open-pit dumpsite was shut down in accordance with Republic Act 9003, also known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.

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