DENR orders permanent closure of old Davao landfill

DENR orders permanent closure of old Davao landfill

DAVAO CITY—The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in the Davao Region, on Friday ordered the permanent closure of the old sanitary landfill in Barangay New Carmen here, as a new garbage disposal site has become available to handle the city’s estimated 750 tons of waste per day.

By jvicente