PROPOSAL PROJECT

I. Identify information
a. Project Title
: Solid Waste Management in Queen Tuna Park
b. Program Activity
: Having Campaign Awareness to maintain the cleanliness
and proper waste segregation.
c. Beneficiaries
: Family and Community
d. Date of Implementation
: October 21, 2019
e. Source of funds : Donations and Grants
f. Total expected Budget : PhP1,057.5 billion

II. RATIONALE

In centuries past until the present, this hub part of Sarangani Bay had been as idyllic haven
for the natives and seafaring travelers and visitors. How beautiful and natural it look like, was
then. As soon as one's foot stepped on its clean shore - he/she is in the threshold of a seven
million-hectares wide plain gleaming in gold and green under the sun. It is situated and nestled
between two formidable mountain ranges on the east and on the west, and bounded by a
placid mighty sea on the south and a more or less seven million hectares of vegetative plains on
the north. From this spot one can compass his vision a hundred mile radius, to consider in awe,
wonderment. And satisfying reflection how wonderful and beautiful is this spot and all around
it - a priceless piece of the handiwork of God. Its rare location and beauty had attracted both
the passerby and enterprising spirits to love, to settle the natives in Gensan. Since it is the
nearest and most strategic place for abode, business, and relaxation, it is the first and the best
option to come to mind - for a cheap but most enjoyable swimming and bathing spree -
splashing for hours and hours on its placid, clear & clean waters and beach. To many Gensan
Folks, Lions Beach (and Tuna Resort) had become a part and parcel of the sweet and happy past
of their lives. Until the present, as in bygone days, this spot is an ever busy scene for rest,
recreation and business. Queen Tuna Park, formerly known as Lion’s Beach, was once a famous,
clean, and beautiful park for locals and domestic tourists to visit to. Tuna Capital of the
Philippines, General Santos City is host to modern amenities and endowed with the beauty of
nature, where diverse cultures abound. One attraction that gives legacy to GenSan's prime
product is the Queen Tuna Park, which is a favorite destination of many locals. Nested in
Barangay Dadiangas South, Queen Tuna Park is regularly visited by many locals and foreign
tourists to spend leisure time together with their loved ones. The whole environment is good to
be photographed and if you want to explore it, you can just have a walk around and feel the
cool breeze coming from the Celebes Sea. Another good thing in the place is the large life-size
statues of animals such as elephants, fishes and dinosaurs. If you’re going to visit the park, you
will notice kids playing with the large waves and fishing boats docked in the nearby wooden
port. But after 50 years or so, as more & more people began to converge and multiply, this
jewel of Mother Nature had changed. The Beach's topography and shoreline had changed and
narrowed, and was littered with unsightly structures - shanties, huts, and stalls and boats of
commerce. Its once clear and clean waters are now being polluted by ugly and harmful trash
and waste of the modern and caveman. The bathers, the strollers & visitors are few. Its five
kilometer long and 300 meter wide beautiful sandy beaches is now littered and cluttered with
squatter's huts, shanties & stalls; private and commercial land; vehicles and mini ship yard for
new & rotting or rusting fishing vessels and yachts. And so now - what first to greet and meet
the eyes of passerby, seafarers, visitors, investors, and tourist? Signs of progress and suffering
of Mother Nature. The irreparable damage and lost natural beauty of the spot will never be
compensated by the small revenues it pours into the government coffers. The backward and
forward signs for progress - dilapidated stalls and shanties-squatters along the shore and good
commercial buildings in the background (city proper) - sends a mixed message to visitors,
investors and tourists. Soon - through an oversight of our city folks this "Frontal, display
window" maybe destroyed and gone. This golden spot will be converted (in the eyes of the
artistic, modernistic, and futuristic visionaries) into an eye-sore. The pleasure and nature lovers
would be driven away too far - off resort and beaches for rest and relaxation.

III. Objectives
The following objectives of the study
 To protect Lion's Beach from pollution, scattered garbage’s and vanishment.
 To provide better means & facilities for our people, visitors to love & enjoy
nature.
 To educate by example, the people of Gensan & beyond to love & care for
earth's natural treasures - like the beaches.

IV. Methodology
General Santos City, popularly known as the Philippines’ Tuna Capital, has
exerted serious efforts in addressing its Solid Waste Management (SWM) problems.
Its increasing population and economic activities have brought about the urgent
need to identify strategic actions aimed at improving its SWM program for improved
public health and sustainable environmental management. At present, the City’s
solid waste management problems include, among others: rising solid waste
generation; limited waste diversion efforts; improper disposal management; and
limited public and private sector participation. This 10-Year Ecological Solid Waste
Management (ESWM) Plan of the City updated through the collaboration with the
regional offices of Department of Environment and Natural Resources-
Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) in Region XII in response to the
growing critical Solid Waste Management concerns of the City and in consultation
with its various stakeholders.
This Ecological Solid Waste Management Plan of General Santos City seeks to
achieve the following:
• Install, improve and sustain appropriate, effective and efficient technologies,
physical infrastructure, service delivery mechanisms and processes for waste
reduction, collection, processing and disposal.
• Build, strengthen and sustain mutually beneficial and effective partnerships and
collaborations with civil society and private sector for solid waste management
public education, community participation and service delivery.
• Create necessary policies and mechanisms to build, strengthen and sustain small
and medium enterprises for the service delivery of solid waste management.
• Reduce LGU subsidies in solid waste management and generate revenues from
waste management processes in solid waste reduction, collection, processing and
disposal.
• Complement pertinent agencies and institutions in achieving their respective
mandates that relate to solid waste management, especially in standards
enforcement, public education and special projects.
• Establish, implement and continuously improve governance and management
policies, competencies, systems and structures for solid waste management.
 V. Budgetary Requirements

The Ecological Solid Waste Management Plan is estimated to require a total budget
of PhP1, 057.5 billion over the ten-year implementation period.
- Total capital outlay makes up around 50.26% of the total budget at
PhP531.5million;
- Maintenance and Other operating Expenses (MOOE) amounts to PhP526 million, or
49.74%.

• Potential Solid Waste Management revenue sources are: - Garbage collection fee
or environmental management fee (EMF) from households; - Garbage collection fee
or environmental management fee from business establishments; - Additional
charges for special trips to collect large and unusual quantities of wastes; - Tipping
fees; - Fines and penalties; - Donations, grants, and corporate sponsorships.
• All revenues will form part of the Solid Waste Management special account
proposed to be created.
• The projected total revenues over the ten-year period of 1.275 billion will cover
the total Solid Waste Management costs. This means that the city will not subsidized
the cost on SWM except on year 2023 where another cell in the sanitary landfill will
be constructed there is a need to provide additional cost that may also be partly
funded by external sources through donations and grants.

VI. Impact of the Project