Manila, March 12 -- The city government of Laoag, through its Environment and Natural Resources Office (ENRO), distributed 1,500 household composting kits to urban barangays on Thursday to help manage biodegradable waste.

Mylene Isabel Pascual, head of the ENRO, said the initiative advocates household composting, particularly in highly populated areas with limited space for composting.

With an average of 50 tons of waste generated daily, Pascual said home composting can divert 40 percent to 60 percent of household organic waste from the landfill.

"Equipping households with kits to compost their food waste will help ease the city's waste burden and extend the life of the city's sanitary landfill," she said.

Pascual reported that the co...