THERE is no halting Metro Manila’s garbage contracts, COVID-19 or no COVID-19.
Despite travel restrictions and months-long immobilization of commercial activities in the first year of the pandemic, the National Capital Region’s (NCR) payment to trash haulers rose to P7.476 billion in 2020 — a 14 percent hike from P6.56 billion in 2019.
Quezon City, Metro Manila’s biggest city in terms of area and population, topped the list, coughing up P1.945 billion — up 17 percent from only P1.661 billion in the preceding year.
Manila’s share of the pie totaled P769.457 million, a whopping 67 percent increase from P459.9 million the year before the pandemic.
Caloocan City stood in third place, paying P742.144 million in 2020 compared to P671.33 million in 2019 for an uptick of 10 percent.
The expense item was listed under each local government unit’s Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) under “Environment/Sanitary Services.”
The full list of NCR’s 16 cities and one municipality by order of their expenses:
1) Quezon City Environment/Sanitary Services – P1,945,247,574;
2) Manila Environment/Sanitary Services – P769,456,931;
3) Caloocan City Environment/Sanitary Services- P742,144,394;
4) Taguig City Environment/Sanitary Services – P647,878,237;
5) Makati City Environment/Sanitary Services – P622,372,046;
6) Paranaque City Environment/Sanitary Services – P470,354,840;
7) Pasig City Environment/Sanitary Services – P399,148,354;
8) Pasay City Environment/Sanitary Services – P384,619,484;
9) Mandaluyong City Environment/Sanitary Services – P300,798,120;
10) Muntinlupa City Environment/Sanitary Services – P290,771,864;
11) Valenzuela City Environment/Sanitary Services – P222,545,961;
12) Marikina City Environment/Sanitary Services – P180,606,440;
13) Las Pinas City Environment/Sanitary Services – P159,853,625;
14) Malabon City Environment/Sanitary Services – P134,330,270;
15) San Juan City Environment/Sanitary Services – P125,299,789;
16) Navotas City Environment/Sanitary Services – P63,010,118; and
17) Pateros Environment/Sanitary Services – P17,860,880.
