Manila’s Department of Public Service hauled a total of 196 metric tons of garbage equivalent to 78 truckloads in the city’s two major public cemeteries Thursday, almost double that of the amount during the celebration of Undas in 2019.
The haul is more than 18 truckloads or equivalent to 71 metric tons than the 2019 figures befofre the Covid-19 pandemic struck.
At the Manila South Cemetery, 42 truckloads were collected, equivalent to 88 metric tons of garbage, according to the Manila Public Information Office.
From 28 October to 2 November, up to 36 truckloads or 108 metric tons of garbage were collected at the Manila North Cemetery, it added.
The city government said, one of the reasons for the increase in garbage is the recent typhoon “Paeng,” which felled many trees over the weekend.