Now there's a new craze in town. I can see tarpaulins everywhere and everybody is actually (unbelievably) talking about it! I don't need to adorn its new existence all over the city, but yes, its the Cebu City's new implementation of No Segregation, No Collection Policy for the trashes.
I think this is not something new to all of us; I mean at least for myself, I remember so well way back in grade school that we were (of course) taught of how to determine biodegradable from non biodegradable. Its not rocket science for the majority because this is being taught to small children at school. The thing with that is, we know about all these stuff, but we are always passive and we decline to go the extra mile to segregate our garbage. We have the education, and we certainly have the idea as to why there's a need to segregate but we choose not to do anything about it. We just don't give a shit about it. It would've made me feel guilty, but hey, no one does that anyways. Like, honestly, I never knew of anyone before (the strict compliance of the ordinance) who segregates their garbage. This is definitely not included in our lifestyle.
Now that we are forced to segregate our trash, it may sound so easy to determine which is malata or di malata, but trust me, even the smartest guy will need the time to deliberate things to trash out. I for once, now that I'm renting a place still finds it hard to stuff "malata and di malata" in my system and I very badly ends up leaving my trash alone; hence my house mate is compelled to do the painstaking task of segregating the garbage which i believe she loathes. (haha) But hey, Im doing my best. I think I need to buy a second trash bin for the "malata" inside our room. One comment I heard from my co worker which is kind of funny to me is the fact that he can't sleep thinking about which should be for malata and di malata. LOL. On the other hand, the local government needs to ensure that the waste are properly dispose and whatever they need to do with it.
I heard from some news that there are barangays who are struggling to keep up with this new policy. But I totally don't blame them because I myself is having a hard time doing so. Information dissemination is very important and cooperation is as equally important too. Aside from the tarpaulins, the local barangays also distributed leaflets to every home.
I think this is not something new to all of us; I mean at least for myself, I remember so well way back in grade school that we were (of course) taught of how to determine biodegradable from non biodegradable. Its not rocket science for the majority because this is being taught to small children at school. The thing with that is, we know about all these stuff, but we are always passive and we decline to go the extra mile to segregate our garbage. We have the education, and we certainly have the idea as to why there's a need to segregate but we choose not to do anything about it. We just don't give a shit about it. It would've made me feel guilty, but hey, no one does that anyways. Like, honestly, I never knew of anyone before (the strict compliance of the ordinance) who segregates their garbage. This is definitely not included in our lifestyle.
Now that we are forced to segregate our trash, it may sound so easy to determine which is malata or di malata, but trust me, even the smartest guy will need the time to deliberate things to trash out. I for once, now that I'm renting a place still finds it hard to stuff "malata and di malata" in my system and I very badly ends up leaving my trash alone; hence my house mate is compelled to do the painstaking task of segregating the garbage which i believe she loathes. (haha) But hey, Im doing my best. I think I need to buy a second trash bin for the "malata" inside our room. One comment I heard from my co worker which is kind of funny to me is the fact that he can't sleep thinking about which should be for malata and di malata. LOL. On the other hand, the local government needs to ensure that the waste are properly dispose and whatever they need to do with it.
I heard from some news that there are barangays who are struggling to keep up with this new policy. But I totally don't blame them because I myself is having a hard time doing so. Information dissemination is very important and cooperation is as equally important too. Aside from the tarpaulins, the local barangays also distributed leaflets to every home.
this leaflet informs the people the schedule, the to do's and not to do's and categories under "malata" and "di malata"
We Cebuanos are smart and we are a bunch of people who wants nothing but improvement in the society that we live in. We sure do love to live in a better, more improved Cebu; some place where we can really be proud of. What we lack of is definitely the action, and we lack a push from our local government before. Kudos to our Mayor Mike Rama for the strict implementation. With all the tarps I am seeing on every barangay and corners all over the city, I think it's fair enough to say that the local government is friggin serious with this city ordinance.This may be hard at first for all of us, but I think we're on the right track. I am confident that this implementation will definitely help a lot to our endeavor in improving our waste management and I fully support this step for Mother Nature.
And now, im left with this unending mantra inside my head, "Malata or Di Malata?"
