ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
• Environmental protection is the practice of protecting
the natural environment by individuals, organizations
and governments. Its objectives are to conserve
natural resources and the existing natural
environment and, where possible, to repair damage
and reverse trends.
• It is the prevention of unwanted changes to
ecosystems and their constituent parts. It includes
programs that are aimed at reducing risks to the
environment from contaminants.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9003
Overview of Ecological
Solid Waste
Management Act of
2000
 Solid Waste
⮚ any garbage, refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment
plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution
control facility and other discarded materials
⮚ Discarded household and commercial waste
⮚ Non-hazardous institutional and industrial waste
⮚ Street sweepings
⮚ Construction debris
⮚ Agricultural waste
Classification of Waste as
defined by RA 9003
Residual
Compostable

Recyclables
 RA 9003
⮚ Also known as the “Ecological Solid Waste Management
Act”.
⮚ An Act providing for an ecological solid waste
management program, creating the necessary
institutional mechanisms, declaring certain prohibited
acts.
⮚ It was passed by the Congress and Senate on December,
2000 and signed by the President on January 26, 2001.
 SALIENT FEATURES OF
RA 9003
⮚Creation of the National Solid Waste Management
Commission, National Ecological Center and LGU
Solid Waste Management Boards
⮚Creation of multi-purpose Environmental
Cooperatives or Associations in every LGU
⮚Waste Segregation, waste reduction and recycling
programs
 SALIENT FEATURES OF
RA 9003
⮚Construction of Material Recovery Facilities /
Systems
⮚Conversion of open dumpsites to sanitary landfills
⮚Integration of Ecological Waste Management
concept in academic curricula for formal and non-
formal education
⮚Administrative and enforcement procedures
 INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE
NATIONAL SOLID
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION

ECOLOGICAL
SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT
ACT

LOCAL WASTE
GOVERNMENT GENERATOR /
UNITS CITIZENS
 INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM
(National Level)
The National Solid Waste Management Commission
⮚Created under the Office of the President
⮚Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of
DENR provides secretariat support
⮚Secretariat to be headed by an Executive Director
to be nominated by the Commission and
appointed by the Chairman.
⮚Composed of 14 members from the government
and 3 from the private sector
 NATIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION

GOVERNMENT SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR

DENR LEAGUE OF A representative from non-

DOST PROVINCIAL government organizations
GOVERNORS
DILG A representative from the
DOH recycling industry
LEAGUE OF CITY
DPWH MAYORS A representative from the
DTI manufacturing or packaging
LEAGUE OF industry
DA MUNICIPAL
TESDA MAYORS
Private sector
MMDA ASSOCIATION OF representatives shall be
PIA BARANGAY appointed by the President
COUNCILS for a term of 3 years.
 Role of DENR as the Lead Agency
⮚Provide technical and other capability building
assistance and support to LGUs
⮚Recommend policies to eliminate barriers to waste
reduction programs
⮚Exercise visitorial and enforcement powers to
ensure strict compliance
⮚Issue rules and regulations
 Role of National Ecology Center
⮚Facilitate training and education in integrated
ecological solid waste management;
⮚Establish solid waste management information
database;
⮚Establish a national recycling network;
⮚Provide technical assistance in pilot modeling of
solid waste management facilities
 Solid Waste Management Board
at the Local Government Level
Provincial SWM City/Municipal Barangay SWM
Board SWM Board Board
• Consolidate • Collection of • Segregation and
plans and non-recyclable collection of
programs materials and biodegrable,
• Establish special wastes compostable
activities and shall be the and reusable
complementing responsibility of solid wastes
efforts at the the municipality shall be
local and or city conducted at the
barangay levels barangay level
Functional Elements / Mechanics
of Solid Waste Management

Waste On-Site
Collection
Generation Storage

Transfer and Processing /

Disposal
Transport Treatment
 Ecological Solid Waste
Management
⮚Systematic administration of activities that provide
for segregation at source, segregated transport,
storage, transfer, processing, treatment and
disposal of solid waste and all other waste
management activities that do not harm the
environment.
Approach to Ecological Solid
Waste Management
Management / reduction or reuse of
residuals / final disposal

Collection, proper transfer & transport

of wastes by city / municipality

Resource recovery, recycling & reuse at

the barangay level

Source reduction and minimization of

waste
 Requirements for Segregation &
Volume Reduction
✔Separate containers for compostables, recyclables,
special wastes and residuals
✔Separate collection schedules / separate trucks or
haulers / compartmentalized collection vehicles
✔Materials Recovery Facilities for recyclables and
biodegradables
✔Inventory of markets for composts and recyclables
 Recycling Program
✔Environmentally preferable purchase
✔Specifications, product descriptions and standards
✔Eco – labelling
✔Non – environmentally acceptable products
✔Reclamation programs and buy – back centers
 Management of Residuals & Final
Disposal Site
✔Closure of all open dumpsite
✔Conversion of all open dumpsites to controlled
dumps within 3 years
✔Minimum requirements in siting, designing and
operation of disposal sites
✔Sanitary Landfills
 Business and Industry Role
The Commission shall encourage commercial and
industrial establishments. Through appropriate incentives
other than tax incentives to:
✔ Initiate, participate and invest in integrated Ecological
Waste Management Project
✔ Manufacture environment – friendly products
✔ Introduce, develop and adopt innovative processes
▪ Recycle and re-use materials
▪ Conserve raw materials and energy
▪ Reduce waste and prevent pollution
▪ Undertake community activities to promote and propagate
effective Solid Waste Management Practices.
 PROHIBITED ACTS
VIOLATION FINES / PENALTIES
Littering, throwing and 300 – 1, 000.00
dumping of wastes Or
matters in public places Community Service
and water bodies between 1 – 15 days
Open burning of solid 300 – 1, 000.00
waste Or
Community Service
between 1 – 15 days
 PROHIBITED ACTS
VIOLATION FINES / PENALTIES
⮚ Collection and transport of non – 1,000 – 3, 000
segregated or unsorted waste
⮚ Squatting in open dumpsite and Or
landfills Imprisonment of 15
⮚ Open dumping, burying of days to 6 months
biodegradable materials in flood
prone areas
⮚ Unauthorized removal of
recyclable materials for
collection by authorized
persons.
 PROHIBITED ACTS
VIOLATION FINES / PENALTIES
⮚ Operation of open 500,000.00
dumpsites Or
⮚ Manufacture, distribution Imprisonment of 1 to 3
or use of non –
environmentally acceptable
years
packaging materials
⮚ Importation of consumer
products packaged in non –
environmentally acceptable
materials
 PROHIBITED ACTS
VIOLATION FINES / PENALTIES
⮚ Importation of toxic wastes 10,000 - 20,000
misrepresented as Or
“recyclables” or “with Imprisonment of 30
recyclable content”
⮚ Transport and dumping in
days to 3 years
bulk of collected domestic,
industrial, commercial and
institutional wastes in areas
other than centers or
facilities prescribed by law.
 PROHIBITED ACTS
VIOLATION FINES / PENALTIES
⮚ Construction, expansion or 100,000 - 1 million
operation of waste management
facilities without an Environmental Or
Compliance Certificate Imprisonment of 1 to 6
⮚ Construction of any establishment
within 200 meters from open or years
controlled dump sites and sanitary
landfills
⮚ Construction or operation of
landfills or any waste disposal
facility within or near an
groundwater reservoir or
watershed