JSMDC C0637 House Manual

Iloilo City · Mandurriao

Rubbish,
sorted.

This building runs a solid waste management programme, and it comes down to one simple thing: separate your wet waste from your dry waste, bag both properly, and walk them to the garbage room on your floor. Bags that are not sorted are not collected — and a bag left in the corridor is a penalty, not a shortcut. Here is the whole of it.

The one rule that matters

Wet and dry, in separate bags

Sorted at the point where the rubbish is made — that is, in the kitchen, as you go. Only properly segregated waste in proper plastic bags is collected. There is a garbage room on every floor, so putting it out is a short walk, not an errand.

How ↓

Step one

Two bags, from
the start.

Sorting afterwards is unpleasant and nobody does it. Keep two bags going in the kitchen from your first day and it takes no effort at all.

Bag one

Wet

Anything that rots, and anything wet or greasy. Tie this one well — it is the one that smells in this climate.

  • Food scraps, peelings, bones, shells
  • Leftovers and spoiled food
  • Coffee grounds and tea bags
  • Used tissue, paper towels and napkins
  • Anything soaked in food or oil
Bag two

Dry

Clean, dry packaging and recyclables. Give bottles and tins a quick rinse — a rinsed container is recyclable, a dirty one is not.

  • Plastic bottles, tubs and clean packaging
  • Tins and cans
  • Glass bottles and jars
  • Paper, card and flattened boxes
  • Clean foil and plastic bags

Flatten boxes and bottles before bagging — it halves the volume, which is the point of the whole exercise: reduce, re-use, recycle, then dispose. This is the practice the building’s waste programme is built on.House Rules §7.2

Step two

Putting it out

Bag it properly, and tie it Use a proper plastic garbage bag for each stream, and tie it closed. Loose rubbish, or a bag that has not been sorted, will simply not be collected.House Rules §7.2
Take it to the garbage room on your own floor There is a garbage room on every floor of this building, so you never need to carry rubbish down to the lobby or wait for a collection van. Walk your tied bags along the corridor and leave them inside the garbage room — wet and dry kept separate — then close the door behind you.
Inside the room. Never in the corridor. This is the rule guests most often get wrong, and it carries a penalty. Bags left outside the unit door, propped against the garbage room door, by the lift, or anywhere else in the common areas are prohibited and will be removed. If the room is full, bring the bag back into the unit and try later rather than leaving it in the hallway.House Rules §7.2, §3.2.1, §3.2.5
Take it out daily, not at the end Because the room is a few steps away there is no reason to let bags accumulate. In this heat a wet bag starts to smell within a day, so walk it out each evening — it takes a minute. Building staff collect from the floor rooms on their own schedule; nothing is required of you beyond getting the bag into the room.House Rules §7.2
On your last morning Walk the last bags to the floor’s garbage room before you check out rather than leaving them in the unit. It is the single kindest thing a departing guest can do, and in this heat it matters.

In the kitchen

Down the sink

Just as important as what goes in the bin — and rather more expensive to get wrong.

Never pour oil or fat down the drain Cooking oil, grease and fatty sauces set solid in the pipes. Let oil cool, pour it into a used bottle or tin, seal it, and put it in the wet waste. This unit has its own grease trap and a blockage is both a real mess and a chargeable repair.House Rules §2.4.1.11
Scrape plates before washing Food scraps into the wet bag first, then wash. It keeps the trap clear and the sink draining.
Nothing but paper down the toilet No wipes — not even ones labelled flushable — no cotton buds, no sanitary products, no nappies. They block the stack, and that affects the units below you as well as this one. There is a bin in the bathroom.
Do not use harsh drain chemicals Caustics, acids, solvents and enzyme drain cleaners damage the grease trap. If something is draining slowly, tell your host rather than pouring chemicals into it.House Rules §2.4.1.11
No washing up in common areas Washing dishes, rags, mops or cleaning materials anywhere in the common areas is prohibited. All of it happens in the unit.House Rules §3.2.2
Keep it sealed against pests In this climate an open bin attracts ants and cockroaches within hours. Tie the wet bag, keep the bin lid closed, and take it down daily if you are cooking.

Special cases

Things that do not
go in either bag.

Glass that has broken Wrap it thickly in newspaper or put it inside a rigid box before bagging, and tell your host so nobody is cut handling it. Then let us know — we are not cross, we would just rather replace it.
Batteries, bulbs and electronics These are not ordinary rubbish and should not go in either bag. Leave them on the kitchen counter and message your host — we will dispose of them properly.
Medicine and sharps Never loose in a bag. Seal them in a rigid container, tell your host, and we will handle it.
Large items Anything bulky that will not hand-carry needs a gate pass from the building and cannot simply be left out. Speak to your host first — this one genuinely does require paperwork.House Rules §8.3.1
Nothing over the balcony. Ever. Throwing anything — rubbish, cigarette ends, water, crumbs from a cloth — from a window, balcony or hallway is expressly prohibited, and from this height it is genuinely dangerous to whoever is below.House Rules §2.4.1.10
If you had people over Party and gathering waste is the host’s to deal with, not the building’s. If you have generated more than the usual, message us rather than stacking bags in the unit or the corridor.
If you are asked where you are

SMDC Style Residences
Iloilo Business Park, Mandurriao, Iloilo City

Give your tower and unit number as shown in your check-in message. Your host: 0917 323 2369  ·  Property Manager (Greenmist), Raffy Amarra: 0917 852 3470
Not sure which bag, or where the room is? Message your host. Far better to ask than to have a bag refused or left in the hallway.
Call host

Thank you for taking the trouble.

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Rules marked “House Rules” are quoted from the SMDC Style House Rules & Regulations booklet that applies to this building — principally §7.2, Solid Waste Management — with the section numbers given so you can check them. There is a garbage room on every floor of this building; staff collect from those rooms on the building’s own schedule. The rest is ordinary good practice for a condominium unit in a tropical climate.