DPW urges proper trash segregation as federal Sinlaku cleanup ramps up in Garapan

Department of Public Works Secretary Ray N. Yumul is urging residents and businesses to properly segregate Super Typhoon Sinlaku-related debris from ordinary household and commercial trash as federally funded cleanup operations continue across Saipan, warning that U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors are only authorized to collect storm-generated waste.

The interview, conducted last May 19 at the DPW office in Oleai, came after a social media post called on Yumul and DPW to address growing piles of typhoon debris left along Coral Tree Avenue in Garapan’s tourist district.

Yumul said the CNMI government, already grappling with fiscal constraints under Gov. David M. Apatang’s proposed budget reflecting a 40-hour pay period, does not have the manpower or financial capacity to absorb the removal of non-typhoon-related garbage mixed into roadside debris piles.

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