The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is deploying closed-circuit television cameras to catch illegal litterers in an approach modeled after the capital region’s No Contact Apprehension Policy for traffic enforcement.

This move comes after surveillance cameras recently captured a man unloading sacks of garbage near a post along EDSA Oliveros in Quezon City, an area known for frequent flooding.

Rain caused flooding in that exact section of the highway just hours later, officials said.

MMDA general manager Nicolas Torre III said the agency has already identified multiple offenders using the camera system and has installed dedicated units in areas frequented by illegal dumpers.

“We have 32 cameras that are placed along estuaries, the estuaries that have been identified as actual dumping sites,” Torre said. “So people know they are being monitored and should stop.”

Improper waste disposal continues to disrupt flood management operations across the capital. In the Vitas district of Tondo, Manila, waste remains scattered along streets and bridges, while debris floats through the Estero de Vitas waterway.

The MMDA collected eight cubic meters of trash at the Vitas Pumping Station on Wednesday and an additional four cubic meters on Thursday.

“The trash thrown on the streets goes into our inlets, then into our main drainage like the Estero de Vitas, where it accumulates,” said Jude Erick Paz, plant manager at the Vitas Pumping Station. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is deploying closed-circuit television cameras to catch illegal litterers in an approach modeled after the capital region’s No Contact Apprehension Policy for traffic enforcement.

This move comes after surveillance cameras recently captured a man unloading sacks of garbage near a post along EDSA Oliveros in Quezon City, an area known for frequent flooding.

Rain caused flooding in that exact section of the highway just hours later, officials said.

MMDA general manager Nicolas Torre III said the agency has already identified multiple offenders using the camera system and has installed dedicated units in areas frequented by illegal dumpers.

“We have 32 cameras that are placed along estuaries, the estuaries that have been identified as actual dumping sites,” Torre said. “So people know they are being monitored and should stop.”

Improper waste disposal continues to disrupt flood management operations across the capital. In the Vitas district of Tondo, Manila, waste remains scattered along streets and bridges, while debris floats through the Estero de Vitas waterway.

The MMDA collected eight cubic meters of trash at the Vitas Pumping Station on Wednesday and an additional four cubic meters on Thursday.

“The trash thrown on the streets goes into our inlets, then into our main drainage like the Estero de Vitas, where it accumulates,” said Jude Erick Paz, plant manager at the Vitas Pumping Station.