Bio-Composting and Organic Fertilizer Production in Dampas District
The demo project seeks to address the increasing amount of solid waste that the city generates, by reducing the amount of biodegradable and recyclable wastes (to about 60% and 15%, respectively) and by re-using these as organic fertilizers. The project beneficiaries are the farming groups and city constituents.
The community, CBOs/ POs and other stakeholders played important roles in its implementation. For example, the group of market vendors is responsible for the segregation of biodegradable waste at the source. The city’s Solid Waste Management Office (SWMO) is responsible for the collection of biodegradable waste. Finally, the Bohol Initiators for Sustainable Agriculture and Development, Inc. (BISAD) is directly in-charge of actually operating the bio-composting facility, i.e., from the production process through to promotion and marketing of the finished product (organic fertilizers).
A series of mini-consultation meetings were held in order to promote stakeholder participation. Monitoring is done at regular intervals to evaluate implementation of the demo project against the original work-plan.
