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| The containers of trash from Canada sail aboard Liberian-flagged MV Bavaria back to Canada / compiled photo from Inquirer and Rappler |
Finally, the 69 containers of trash from Canada that was
illegally dumped to the Philippines between 2013 and 2014 are now sailing back
to where it’s from.
The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority confirmed that the
containers stored at the Subic Bay Port for years have been pulled out early Friday,
according to Philstar’s report.
"A total of 69 garbage-laden containers — 67 of which
were stored in Subic since 2013, and 2 brought in from Manila recently — were
loaded onto MV Bavaria, a Liberian-flagged container ship commissioned to
transport the containers back to Canada," the SBMA said in a statement.
MV Bavaria, a Liberian-flagged container vessel,
docked at the New Container Terminal-1 in the Subic Bay Freeport on Thursday
afternoon to pick up loaded containers with tons of garbage from Canada. It
sailed out Friday morning.
Following the recent threat from Malacañang that Manila
would cut diplomatic ties with Ottawa, the Canadian government has made good on its
promise to take back its tons of waste.
Greenpeace Philippines, EcoWaste Coalition, BAN Toxics,
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives and Break Free from Plastic
Movement sent off the garbage with a message in a banner saying: “We are
not the world’s dump.”
Another banner also says, “Never again, ban waste imports to
stop pollution.”
“We need to learn from this prolonged ordeal and make sure
it is never repeated. Never again shall we allow other countries to trash our
dignity, our people’s health and the environment,” said Aileen Lucero, EcoWaste
national coordinator.
Source: Business Mirror, Philstar
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