Comment from a reader on the Subic Landfill:
As a Kalayaan resident, I first noticed the smell of burning trash when the wind was right a couple of months ago. Then, in the last two weeks, there was a large grassfire and what appeared to be heavy, additional smoke from some deeply buried combustible material in the Subic landfill, located at the beginning of the Tipo highway and adjacent to the golf course. For the first three days there was no visibility beyond the traffic light near the Royal and Pure Gold Shopping centers, and the eye-watering stench was overpowering. Gradually this condition has improved to where a cloud of smoke still hangs over the dump and the smell is merely unpleasant.
I was informed by an inspector at the landfill that the problem would soon be corrected; that was ten days ago. I'm wondering if the status quo will be typify operations at the dump from now on. What a great way to present the Freeport as a world class business and shopping center and a home for gracious living.
[The Subic Bulletin] Unfortunately landfill fires are very difficult to put out and can smolder for ever because of the gases produced deep in the trash, perhaps rainy season will help the cause.
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