PORAC, Pampanga — A garbage truck draining liquid from decaying wastes had been apprehended in Barangay Babo Sacan here amid mounting complaints from residents of Barangays Babo Sacan, Planas, Pio, and Barangay Calantas in Floridablanca town.
A video uploaded by a certain Fred Paras noted the garbage truck driver was caught engaging in “patiktik,” or the draining of foul-smelling liquid effluent.
This, amid mounting complaints from residents of the said affected barangays.
Earlier, some 5,000 residents of Barangay Planas had been urging the government to shut down the operations of Prime Waste, a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).
Barangay Planas Barangay Captain Alfer Nacu said more than 100 garbage trucks enter Purok 1 on a daily basis.
Nacu said garbage trucks carrying garbage juice are not allowed to enter Barangay Planas.