“My children, they have been suffering from non-ceasing cough because of the pollution in the air here at the so-called MRF at Candau-ay. I am humbly pleading. To the newly elected officials of the incoming administration, for you to please pay attention to this problem that we, the residents of Candau-ay are facing, because after all, all of us will face and suffer from health consequences… I plead to stop the burning of our waste and cease the operation of the pyrolysis machine.”

“The people of Ogijo still live in that community drowning in air pollution. I had a conversation with a local of the community, and he told me…he got a job, but then he failed the medical test. Why? They told him he’s a smoker. This guy doesn’t smoke, but then because he lives here, everybody is tagged smoker…A man told me that he took his daughter, a young daughter, to the hospital and the doctor told him his daughter is a smoker.”

“Women and children are more exposed to this level of air pollution…so we wish something can be done so that people can breathe clean air. Clean air is everybody’s right. It’s a human right.”

“It is important for the government to encourage so that the area around the WTE plant becomes a place that is not a slum and is livable for residents.”