ScrapTrack · Cebu City

Junkshop system for scrap yards in Cebu City.

Cebu City names junk shops in its CCTV ordinance, and a permit isn't issued or renewed until the cameras work. Here's what the city asks of a yard, what it hasn't passed, and how ScrapTrack keeps a record of every weigh-in.

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Cebu City at a glance

CCTV: Junk shops are on the list in City Ordinance 2759, approved December 11, 2024
Before a permit: The required cameras installed and fully working, for new and renewed permits
CCTV fines: ₱2,000, then ₱3,000, then ₱5,000
Permit renewal: January 1 to 20 every year; later filings pay penalties and surcharges

Sources: SunStar Cebu on City Ordinance 2759 (December 15, 2024) and the Cebu City Government's business permit page, checked October 1, 2026. A summary, not legal advice. Check the latest rules with the city's Business Permit and Licensing Office.

The rules

What Cebu City's CCTV ordinance asks of junk shops.

Junk shops have been on Cebu City's CCTV list since City Ordinance 2381, which the council approved in January 2014. City Ordinance 2759, by Councilor Phillip Zafra, amended it in December 2024 and kept junk shops on the list.

The cameras

At least 2-megapixel digital cameras with a 50-meter infrared range
Under the 2016 rules for the 2014 ordinance, footage kept for at least 30 days
Footage handed to the police when a crime happens
A one-year depreciation period for cameras already installed

Your permit

No business permit is issued or renewed until the CCTVs are installed and fully operational
The Business Permit and Licensing Office enforces it
It works with the city's Peace and Order Council

Fines

First offense: ₱2,000
Second offense: ₱3,000
Third offense: ₱5,000. The 2016 rules add closure or permit revocation.

The ordinance text isn't online, so this is from news reports. Sources: SunStar Cebu and Superbalita Cebu on City Ordinance 2759 (December 15, 2024), Cebu Daily News on the rules for City Ordinance 2381 (September 16, 2016) and Inquirer on the 2014 ordinance (January 12, 2014), checked October 1, 2026. A summary, not legal advice. Check the latest rules with the Business Permit and Licensing Office.

Permits and recyclables

Permits, recyclables and the logbook that never passed.

Cebu City has no junkshop ordinance of its own that we could find. These are the other city rules and records a yard runs into.

Renew in January. Business permits are renewed from January 1 to 20 each year. The requirements include a CCENRO certificate. New businesses pay, then wait for the Joint Inspection Team and its report.
No permit, closed. In November 2019 the City Legal Office closed a scrap buyer on Palma Street that had run without registration or a business permit since 2016, after warnings from CENRO and a show-cause order from the permits office.
Recyclables to accredited junk shops. Executive Order No. 73, issued May 6, 2026, declared a solid waste emergency. The Freeman reported that households must take recyclables to accredited junk shops or materials recovery facilities, starting in 10 pilot barangays.
Junkshop prices set the city's scrap value. In 2026 the city valued 397 unserviceable vehicles, more than 1.49 million kilograms of scrap, from a March 2026 survey of junkshop prices of ₱8 to ₱13 a kilo.
The logbook proposal. In 2011 Councilor Michael Ralota proposed two transaction books, one for purchases and one for sales, kept for at least a year for the Cebu City Police Office. He filed it again in 2012 with fines of ₱1,000 to ₱5,000 for no logbook. We found no record that it passed.

Sources: Cebu City Government business permit page; Superbalita Cebu (November 23, 2019); The Freeman (May 12, 2026); SunStar Cebu (May 30, 2026); Inquirer (May 7, 2011) and Philstar (April 22, 2012) on the proposal, checked October 1, 2026. A summary, not legal advice. Check the latest rules with the Business Permit and Licensing Office and CCENRO.

With ScrapTrack

Your own record of every load, next to the camera's.

The CCTV shows who came in. ScrapTrack keeps what they sold you.

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.

Totals by day or week

Bought, paid and owed for today, this week, or any date you pick.

Setup in Cebu City

We don't offer on-site setup in Cebu 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 Cebu City yards.

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Not that we could find. Councilor Ralota's 2011 and 2012 proposals asked for transaction books, but we found no record that either passed. Ask the Business Permit and Licensing Office what records they want to see. ScrapTrack keeps every weigh-in either way.

Junk shops are named in the ordinance's list. The reports also mention a ₱1 million yearly sales floor for retail and medium businesses, and they don't say how it applies to junk shops. Ask the permits office before you renew.

The reports we read don't say. Ask CCENRO how a junk shop gets on the list.

No. It's a summary of news reports and city pages to help you plan. The city has the final word.

See ScrapTrack set up for a Cebu 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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