The Municipal Government of Alfonso is now on its way of approving the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and Zoning Ordinance of Alfonso for the next 10 years, 2020-2030. Without sufficient consultation with the communities, they have included the reclassification of certain agricultural lots in Barangay Kaysuyo to serve as Sanitary Landfill.

We know the notorious experiences of so called "sanitary landfills" in the Philippines. They end up becoming open dumpsites which create more problems to the communities. Moreover, considering the terrain of Kaysuyo and the ever present geohazards of earthquakes and landslides, the protective layer of sanitary landfills could not be relied on to ensure that the leachate from the garbage dumped in landfills will not reach ground water and the rivers of Kaysuyo.

Please help us oppose the said move to convert agricultural lands in Kaysuyo to establish a landfill. 

Huwag gawing basurahan ang Kaysuyo na isang progresibong pamayanang pang-agrikultural!