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Waste management 

Manny was deeply involved in teaching and training local officials in the municipalities of Alburquerque and Panglao in the province of Bohol on how to effectively manage solid waste disposal from the Barangays. He conducted "Train the Trainer" courses for the officials, who in turn, taught their lower officials, the pasureros (garbage collectors) and household members. It's a hands-on training where the participants learn how to properly segregate, shred and compost bio-degradable waste. (*A good and healthy environment eliminates Dengue, Malaria and other such diseases which is still prevalent in poorer regions of the Philippines.)
See below the transformation that has taken place in Lourdes, where the local dump site of Panglao is found.
 
Before there was waste lying everywhere, but it was transformed into an organic plantation with the garbage being segregated and properly shredded, recycled and turned into first class organic fertilizer. The Lourdes dump site was once considered the shame of Panglao, but later it was recognized.for being first place for best housekeeping for three consecutive years.
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Manny and Jun, with the support of the local government, transformed this garbage wasteland into a fruitful and fertile garden. Through their initiative, hard work and sharing lots of information via many seminars, the waste was segregated in the households and picked up daily in the many villages of Panglao. (Click on the pictures to enlarge them.)
BEFORE: As far as your eye could see, there was filthy waste....here Manny is spraying Bio Solution to detoxify the waste
AFTER: ...but now you see a garden of flowers and vegetables growing.
Manny and Jun are sharing information about proper waste management via many seminars, re-educating the business owners and local government.
Vegetables are growing everywhere
Manny is teaching the workers at the dump site how to plant seeds and grow organic vegetables
Inspecting the greens
The plants are growing beautifully, using the organic fertilizer made with the shredded waste.
The lettuce is growing beautifully
The entrance to the dump site in Lourdes, Panglao
Cementing the floor at the dump site, using cement with 20% shredded glass
Process of fermentation (Bokashi), where over 90% of the minerals are kept
Using fermented "juice"...
...and knead it into the shredded, bio-degradable matter...
...then put it into plastic bags....
...compress it and close it airtight...
...and store it for 2 weeks. This makes first class organic fertilizer!
Growing veggies
Manny with the team from the dump site
​Here you see Manny and Jun teach a group of officials in Albur different methods of composting, such as Bokashi and Takakura.