MANILA -- Authorities expect to collect tons of garbage at the Manila Memorial Park for Undas 2024.

According to Engr. Rizalyn Acosta, Asst. Manager for Park Operations of the Manila Memorial Park, they usually allocate 60 trucks of garbage for waste collection from October 20 to November 10.

The memorial park has a contractor that hauls truckloads of garbage collected from the cemetery.

They have also assigned 100 personnel to clean the memorial park.

"Dalawang truck po 'yong nag-iikot po sa loob po ng park para maghakot po ng basura. Per truck po is 13 cubic meters. So 'yung 60 truckloads po natin na 'yun ay maghahakot po ng 780 na total na cubic meters po ng basura po," Acosta explained.

"Minsan po nagkukulang pa po tayo sa 60 truckloads. So nagdadagdag naman po kami if ever po na kailangan pa," she added.

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The Parañaque City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) is also helping in cleaning the cemeteries in Parañaque.

"Marami pong nahahakot dito sa Manila Memorial sa Parañaque… May suplay po kami ng garbage (bag) pero diyan po sa memorial meron din po. Nagbibigay naman po sila," says Julieta Del Castillo, timekeeper from the Parañaque City CENRO.

Some cemetery-goers like Marilyn Arce, 64, took the initiative to bring their own garbage bags to maintain cleanliness at their dearly departed’s grave.

"Ito pagkaalis namin dito, liligpit namin 'yung kalat namin. At least yung puntod ng magulang namin, mga kapatid ko, malinis 'yung iiwan naming ano, hindi yung tapon ka lang ng tapon. 'Di porket Undas eh, ganun ang gagawin natin. Syempre iano natin parati na malinis ang kapaligiran," Arce said.

As of 11 am, November 2, 63,281 cemetery-goers have visited the Manila Memorial Park.