Poster presentation for the Sardinia 2009, 12th International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, 5-9 October 2009, S.Margherita di Pula (Cagliari), Sardinia, Italy

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Metro Iloilo is a fast growing urban center and with around half a million inhabitants the largest city in the Western Visayas. Presently, more than 160 tons of domestic type wastes
are collected in Iloilo City every day. The incoming waste is perceived to be residual, but still contains a significant fraction of valuable materials such as organic waste and “Alternative Fuels and Raw Materials” (AFR). In September 2008, a 100-day AFR recovery test was launched to produce AFR out of the daily municipal waste stream to enhance material recovery and to identify alternative sources of income for local waste pickers on a larger scale in partnership with HOLCIM Philippines Inc.