Oslo has a big problem and PH should consider helping

Now I know you’re probably wondering why our country, which is already facing issues left and right, should help the capital city of Norway with its rather peculiar concern. Believe it or not folks, it’s a win-win solution for both countries and one that can ultimately help in solving our issues with flooding here in the metro.

Oslo’s problem: the city is running out of garbage. That’s right, the city of 1.4 million is facing shortage of wastes. In fact, they’ve been faced with this issue in the past and have even resorted to importing garbage from neighboring cities and countries. But it was still not enough and there have been talks of bringing in trash from the US.

oslo waste incinerator

So why is the city running out of trash? Besides the fact that they implement a highly-efficient garbage collection system, the city also owns a trash incinerator that turns crap to usable energy. Since its conception, the facility has been one of the sources of electricity in the city and it helped in minimizing wastes that is being put to landfills.

But the problem here is that the city is not generating enough garbage (what a problem ‘eh?) to sustain the facility, that’s why the city had to import trash from other cities and countries. On the other hand, we have so much crap that we don’t know where to put all of it. Heck, even our rivers are filled with garbage, that’s how much garbage we have lying around.

payatas dump site

Which brings me to my suggestion; why don’t our country donate our garbage to Oslo? Or better yet, why don’t we build our own facility so we don’t even have to export our waste half –way around the world to get of rid of it and turn it to something useful.

Sounds like a good plan, right? However, the Secretary of DENR, Mr. Ramon Jesus Paje has a different take on this matter which he mentioned during an interview with ANC a couple of years back:

“If we allow incineration of our waste, we must avail of state-of-the-art technology, almost zero emission. The only problem is the Philippines is one of the highest in terms of electricity cost and incineration is basically electricity. If power [cost] is so high, it becomes uneconomical.”

Oh well, back to the drawing board.

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Ronnie Bulaong

This article was written by Ronnie Bulaong, a special features contributor and correspondent for YugaTech. Follow him on Twitter @turonbulaong.

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38 Comments

YourMom says:

12 years ago

This is where the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant comes into play
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Jason says:

12 years ago

“Oslo has big a problem and PH should consider helping” Naguluhan ako sa title ng post.
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Jason says:

12 years ago

nagkabaliktad lang pala ang “a” at “big” ng position.

1337 says:

12 years ago

So what you’re trying to say is we ship our garbage to Oslo which is 9xxx kilometers from Manila? Seems legit. LOL!

Method 2 is more viable, maybe we should hire Norwegian engineers to help us. ;)
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westbluef says:

12 years ago

But isn’t that the point of using an incinerator, to generate electricity or does it not power itself?

Am I missing something here?
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red says:

12 years ago

uh oh, you’re referring to “generator”? incinerator is to incinerate, to burn or to dispose into ashes… and it consumes electricity.
westbluef says:

12 years ago

“the city also owns a trash incinerator that turns crap to usable energy. ”

@red, yeah but after it incinerates the trash it turns it into electricity, so I think it should be able to sustain itself.

Honestly why can’t our government do something like this or should I go for another ‘monopoly conspiracy theory’ :)
HiERARCH says:

12 years ago

@westbluef: yeah you’re right. our country had lots of potentials with its bright minded children, however many of them use their extraordinary ability to cheat people and protect their self-interest. anyway I can’t comment with what the DENR Sec had said, I have no idea how profitable the technology is.. but having that incinerator is a very good idea indeed!

awdog says:

12 years ago

this is a stupid proposition IMO. tell us the steps on how to consumate your idea then? one word: transport!
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Buster says:

12 years ago

“Since its conception, the facility has been one of the sources of electricity in the city…”

“The only problem is the Philippines is one of the highest in terms of electricity cost and incineration is basically electricity. If power [cost] is so high, it becomes uneconomical”

Is Paje confused on how the facility works????
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Ren says:

12 years ago

I think, building this needs a massive place to build it in. Plus, the fact that we still have a lot of liabilities to pay, constructing this project would be costly. But I agree, that we should transport our trash to Oslo. But first, we have to have an agreement. That if exporting trash to Norway, would be costly then, they should help us find a way to Export them to Oslo
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chrisP says:

12 years ago

Proper waste disposal + disciplined society is the long term solution to our garbage problem. I know its easier said than to be done. I commonly see people throwing small trash like candy wrappers and upos ng yosi everywhere.

I don’t think that we should avail “state of the art” technology for that kaagad. I know our engineers and local inventors can build one. Kulang lang sa R&D budget.
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chuva says:

12 years ago

Kaya nde matutupad yan ganyang solusyon sa Pinas ay dahil sa mga Corrupt na pulitiko!
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HiERARCH says:

12 years ago

for now, the very good idea is to transport our garbage given that Norway must provide their sea carriers to pick-up our garbage. but I don’t think they will prioritize our country because the Philippines is too far from them. if only the nearby Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Hongkong or Malaysia had the facility and faces the same dilemma. with this technology, I see a brighter Philippines because we had lots of waste here. hope we could have this or better than this in the future.
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