Negros Occ. Prov’l Gov’t Support to KaSE

As a step toward systematic waste segregation and document security, members of the Kapitolyo Solid Waste Management Educators (KaSE) received 17 sets of waste bins and 10 paper shredder machines from the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO) during the conduct of the 1st Quarter Provincial Capitol Solid Waste Management–Task Group (PCSWM-TG) meeting at the HOD Conference, Tuesday morning.

PEMO Head Atty. Julie Ann Bedrio, together with PEMO PMD-URBAN Unit Head Forester Carlo Eran and Provincial Solid Waste Management Focal Person Sheila Joan Bautista, led the turnover of the items to the following offices and hospitals:

Paper Shredders
Provincial Legal Office
Provincial Treasurer’s Office
PHO – Hospital Operations Division
Provincial Accounting Office
Provincial Budget Office
Provincial Environment Management Office
Human Resource Management Office
Provincial Governor’s Office
Bids and Awards Committee
Provincial Assessor’s Office
Waste Bins
Merceditas J. Montilla District Hospital
Don Salvador Benedicto Memorial Hospital
Lorenzo D. Zayco District Hospital
Provincial Tourism Office
Provincial Governor’s Office
Provincial Administrator’s Office
Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office
Information and Communications Technology Division
Office of the Provincial Agriculturist
Provincial Planning and Development Office
Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center
Pana-ad Park – Administrative Office
Provincial Veterinary Office
Technology and Livelihood Development Center
Provincial Environment Management Office
Mambukal Resort and Wildlife Sanctuary
CyberCentre

Atty. Bedrio emphasized that the distribution is not merely about handing out solid waste management tools but about equipping KaSE members with the necessary resources to help foster a culture of accountability, responsibility, and proper waste management within government offices.

She added that more similar items are planned to be distributed to other offices and hospitals in the coming year to further strengthen the province’s solid waste management efforts.* (Capitol PIO text & photos)