ScrapTrack · Bacolod City

Junkshop system for scrap yards in Bacolod City.

Before Bacolod's environment office clears a junk shop's mayor's permit, it asks for a book of stocks and a promise not to buy used lead-acid batteries. Here's what the city asks for, how it has enforced it, and how ScrapTrack keeps stock from every weigh-in.

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Bacolod City at a glance

For the ENRO clearance: A book of stocks, and an affidavit not to buy used lead-acid batteries
Who clears it: BENRO, the city environment office, New Government Center, Barangay Villamonte
Fee and time: No fee; 1 day and 20 minutes, with an inspection for new businesses
Cable theft: The Bantay Kable Task Force, formed in May 2022

Sources: BENRO's citizen's charter (May 2024) and its Establishments requirements 2024 list, and the Visayan Daily Star (June 29, 2022), checked October 1, 2026. A summary, not legal advice. Check the latest rules with BENRO and the city's permits office.

The rules

What Bacolod asks before it clears a junk shop.

Every business needs an ENRO clearance for its mayor's permit, and BENRO lists what each kind of business brings. Junk shops share a line with spare parts and second-hand shops.

Bring to BENRO

A book of stocks
An affidavit not to engage in buying used lead-acid batteries
Garbage storage and bins for proper segregation, on the 2024 list

How it's issued

BENRO accepts and evaluates the documents and official receipts
New businesses get an inspection first
No fee, and 1 day and 20 minutes in all
BENRO then tells you your mayor's permit status

Why the battery affidavit matters

In July 2023 the mayor closed a junk shop on Mabini Street, Barangay 25, and revoked its permit
Police had found 136 telco batteries and 15 more 12-volt batteries there, worth over ₱14 million
A July 4 inspection by ENRO and the permits office found no ECC or CNC, and no hazardous waste generator registration
The shop had sworn it would "only buy junk metals" and no used lead-acid batteries

Sources: BENRO's citizen's charter, service 6, Issuance of ENRO Clearance for Mayor's Permit (May 2024); its Establishments requirements 2024 list; SunStar Bacolod and the Visayan Daily Star (both July 7, 2023), checked October 1, 2026. A summary, not legal advice. Check the latest rules with BENRO.

Stolen cable

How Bacolod watches junk shops for stolen cable.

The city has no junkshop ordinance text online that we could find. It has used council resolutions, an executive order, inspections and meetings with owners instead.

2020: permits on hold. The council approved Councilor Carlos Jose Lopez's resolution asking the Mayor's Office, through the Permits and Licensing Division, to hold junk shop business permits until every shop was inspected and tagged. It proposed that all junk shops register with the city.
2022: Bantay Kable. The city formed the Bantay Kable Task Force in May 2022. Police said patrols inspect junk shop owners every week, and that copper wire can fetch up to ₱300 a kilo at junk shops.
2022: the anti-fencing order. Under Executive Order No. 015, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez ordered strict monitoring of the anti-fencing law. Shops that buy and sell goods from unlicensed dealers or suppliers need a clearance from the PNP station commander. A July 2022 inspection in Barangay Pahanocoy found a permit in a different business name.
2023: meetings with owners. In May 2023 the city and police said they were monitoring junk shops across Bacolod as possible dumping areas for stolen cable. On May 18 they met junk shop owners at the Government Center and asked them to report suspicious sellers, especially of cable wire.

Sources: PhilNews (February 5, 2020); Visayan Daily Star (June 29, 2022); SunStar Bacolod (July 22, 2022); Bacolod City Government news (May 6 and May 19, 2023), checked October 1, 2026. A summary, not legal advice. Check the latest rules with the city's permits office and the Bacolod City Police Office.

With ScrapTrack

Stock by material, from every weigh-in.

BENRO asks for a book of stocks. ScrapTrack keeps stock as you buy.

Stock updates

Each weigh-in adds to stock by material, so you know what the yard is holding before a buyer calls.

A number on every ticket

No more arguing over which slip is which. Look up any weigh-in by its ticket number.

Suki records

Each supplier's tickets, payments and balance in one place.

Setup in Bacolod City

We don't offer on-site setup in Bacolod City right now. Remote setup by video call works anywhere, and your team can message us on Viber or WhatsApp after.

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FAQ

Questions from Bacolod City yards.

Something else? Message us on Viber or WhatsApp, or email sales@orvyn-solutions.com.

Ask BENRO first. ScrapTrack keeps stock by material, updated with every weigh-in, so the figures are in one place. Whether BENRO accepts a digital record in place of the book is the office's call.

No. It doesn't check where materials came from. It keeps each weigh-in with its supplier, material and weight, so you can look up any purchase by its ticket number if police ask.

No. It's a summary of the city's checklist and news reports to help you plan. BENRO and the permits office have the final word.

It depends on how many yards and staff accounts you need. We show it to you first, then send a quote.

See ScrapTrack set up for a Bacolod City yard.

We'll walk you through a day of weigh-ins with sample tickets, and show where each record lives. You get a quote after.

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