SM City in Bacolod is putting up its 2nd Waste Market Fair on the theme "May Kwarta sa Basura," Saturday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the north terminal of the mall, to help promote recycling and proper waste disposal, a press release from the management said.

Mallgoers can bring and sell their junk appliances, used ink/toner, cartridges, empty bottles and tin cans, scrap paper, cartons, aluminum containers, PC monitors and even used lead acid batteries. This is in support to Republic Act 9003, or the Solid Waste Management Act. The market fair will be regularly held every second Saturday of the month, the press release said. Buyers or junkshop owners who wish to join the fair may call the SM City Bacolod Admin Office at Tel. Nos. 468-0168 to 69, the press release added.*

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DPWH district tops evaluation

The 1st Engineering District of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Negros Occidental topped the Quality Control Performance in Project Implementation for 2006, a press release from the DPWH district in Talisay City, said.

The district headed by Sanny Boy Oropel also obtained the same outstanding rating in 2005, besting 15 other engineering districts in Western Visayas, based on the Quality Assurance Unit assessments conducted by the DPWH central and national offices.

Results revealed that the district garnered 94.87 percent, based also on the effectiveness of quality control and implementation which include timeliness of testing materials on the actual project use, among other factors.

Oropel was received the Oustanding District Engineer award for 2006 given by DPWH regional director Rolando Asis, the same recognition he got in 2005, the press release added.*

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