Clean Air Asia to help Tondo village implement air pollution control measures
INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENT organization Clean Air Asia said on Tuesday that it will help in the implementation of Manila city’s air pollution control measures in a village in Tondo.
The village Barangay 128 is located close to Smokey Mountain, a former garbage dump that was closed down in the late 1990s.
On Tuesday, Clean Air Asia told BusinessWorld that its partnership with the barangay will focus on providing support to enforce the ban on open burning and reduce emissions from households and small-commercial establishments in line with the city’s Clean Air Action Plan.
“(The air pollution control measures) include working with the barangay government, community groups, and households to continue supporting the barangay’s strong enforcement of banning (the) burning of garbage and materials recovered from garbage as well as improving access to cleaner fuels for cooking used by households and small-commercial establishments,” the group said in an email on Tuesday.
Clean Air Asia said it has also installed an air quality monitor in the Tondo village to raise awareness on air pollution levels. It added that it hopes to establish a community task force which will help in integrating city-level and grassroots decision-making with program implementation. — Angelica Y. Yang
