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Wylie A.

Baguing

1. In matrix form, summarize the significant features of the


following Environment Law.

Significant Features
(RA 8749) Philippine Clean Air Act of (RA 9003) Ecological Solid Waste (RA 3931) National Water and Air
1999 Management Act of 2000 Pollution Control Commission Act

 The Act calls for the  This Act makes provisions  According to the Act, it is
development of a national for the effective national policy to
program for managing air management of solid "maintain reasonable
pollution, with a primary waste, for the volume standards of purity for the
emphasis on pollution reduction of waste, for its waters and of this country
avoidance, as well as the environmentally friendly with their utilization for
encouragement of mass media disposal, including domestic, agricultural,
communication to raise public composting, recycling, industrial, and other lawful
awareness and encourage reusing, recovery, and the purposes."
participation in the planning production of green
and monitoring of air quality. charcoal; for the collection,
This Act's mandatory standards treatment, and disposal of
for pollution control are met by solid waste in
the new vehicle or vehicle type, environmentally sound
according to a Certificate of facilities, where it shall be
Conformity issued by the possible to dispose of solid
Department of Environment waste in accordance with
and Natural Resources to the the correct segregation,
vehicle manufacturer, collection, transport,
assembler, or importer.. storage, treatment, and
disposal procedures. It also
has to do with guarding
against pollution of
groundwater. National
research and development
activities for better
methods of managing solid
waste and conserving
resources shall be
encouraged and supported
under this Act.
2. As to your assessment, how do these laws impacted our
environmental scenario now as to the restoration of our Mother
Earth.

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