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For the purpose of these Implementing Rules and Regulations, the following
words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
“Source separation” shall refer to the sorting of solid waste into some or all
of its component parts at the point of generation.
“Transfer stations” shall refer to those facilities utilized to receive solid
wastes, temporarily store, separate, convert, or otherwise process the
materials in the solid wastes, or to transfer the solid wastes directly from
smaller to larger vehicles for transport. This term does not include any
of the following:
a) a facility whose principal function is to receive, store, convert, separate,
or otherwise process in accordance with national minimum standards.
b) a facility whose principal function is to receive, store, convert, or
otherwise process wastes which have already been separated for re-use
and are not intended for disposal; and
c) the operations premises of a duly licensed solid waste handling
operator who receives, stores, transfers, or otherwise processes wastes
as an activity incidental to the conduct of a refuse collection and disposal
business.
• “Waste diversion” shall refer to activities which reduce or eliminate the amount of solid wastes
from waste disposal facilities.
• “Materials Recovery Facility” shall include solid waste transfer station or sorting station, drop-off
center, a composting facility, and a recycling facility.
• “Leachate” shall refer to the liquid produced when waste undergo decomposition, and when
water percolate through solid waste undergoing decomposition. It is a contaminated liquid that
contains dissolved and suspended materials.
Compostables Recyclables
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Solid Waste Characterization
• Garbage is the animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking, and serving of food. It is composed largely of putrescible
organic matter and moisture; it includes a minimum of free liquids. The term does
not include food processing wastes from canneries, slaughterhouses, packing
plants, and similar facilities, or large quantities of condemned food products.
Garbage originates primarily in home kitchens, stores, markets, restaurants, and
other places where food is stored, prepared, or served.
• Garbage decomposes rapidly, particularly in warm weather, and may quickly
produce disagreeable odor. There is some commercial value in garbage as animal
food and as a base for commercial feeds. However, this may be precluded by
health considerations.
• Rubbish consists of a variety of both combustible and noncombustible solid
wastes from homes, and institutions, but does not include garbage.
• Trash is synonymous with rubbish in some parts of the country but trash is
technically a subcomponent of rubbish.
• Combustible rubbish (trash) consists of paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood,
furniture, branches, yard trimmings, and so on.
• Noncombustible rubbish is material that cannot be burned at ordinary
temperatures of 700oC to 1,000oC. It is the inorganic portion of refuse, such as tin
cans, heavy metals, glass, ashes, and so on.The density of loose combustible
refuse is approximately 115/kg/m3, while the density of collected solid waste is
235 to 300 kg/m3.
• The LGUs shall evaluate alternative roles for the public and private
sectors in providing collection services, type of collection system, or
combination of systems, that best meet their needs: Provided, That
segregation of wastes shall primarily be conducted at the source, to
include household, institutional, industrial, commercial and
agricultural sources: Provided, further, That wastes shall be
segregated into the categories provided in Section 22 of this Act. For
premises containing six (6) or more residential units, the local
government unit shall promulgate regulations requiring the owner or
person in charge of such premises to:
(a) provide for the residents a designated area and containers in
which to accumulate source separated recyclable materials to be
collected by the municipality or private center; and
(b) notify the occupants of such buildings of the requirements of
this Act and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
The following shall be the minimum standards and requirements for segregation and
storage of solid waste pending collection:
a. There shall be a separate container for each type of waste from all sources:
b. Provided, That in the case of bulky waste, it will suffice that the same be collected and
placed in a separate and designated area; and
c. The solid waste container depending on its use shall be properly marked or identified
for on-site collection as "compostable", "non-recyclable", "recyclable" or "special
waste", or any other classification as may be determined by the Commission.
It shall be the overall policy of the Department to strictly implement the provisions of the
Rules and Regulations of the Act. The implementation of the ecological solid waste
management shall fundamentally take into account the management of waste in the
following hierarchy:
a. Source reduction and minimization of wastes generated at source;
b. Resource recovery, recycling and reuse of wastes at the barangay;
c. Efficient collection, proper transfer and transport of wastes by city/municipality; and
d. Efficient management of residuals and of final disposal sites and/or any other related
technologies for the destruction/ reuse of residuals.
• The LGUs shall evaluate alternative roles for the public and private
sectors in providing collection services, type of collection system, or
combination of systems, that best meet their needs: Provided, That
segregation of wastes shall primarily be conducted at the source, to
include household, institutional, industrial, commercial and
agricultural sources: Provided, further, That wastes shall be
segregated into the categories provided in Section 22 of this Act. For
premises containing six (6) or more residential units, the local
government unit shall promulgate regulations requiring the owner or
person in charge of such premises to:
(a) provide for the residents a designated area and containers in
which to accumulate source separated recyclable materials to be
collected by the municipality or private center; and
(b) notify the occupants of such buildings of the requirements of
this Act and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
The following shall be the minimum standards and requirements for segregation and
storage of solid waste pending collection:
a. There shall be a separate container for each type of waste from all sources:
b. Provided, That in the case of bulky waste, it will suffice that the same be collected and
placed in a separate and designated area; and
c. The solid waste container depending on its use shall be properly marked or identified
for on-site collection as "compostable", "non-recyclable", "recyclable" or "special
waste", or any other classification as may be determined by the Commission.
• The following shall be the minimum standards and requirements for the collection of
solid waste:
(a) All collectors and other personnel directly dealing with collection of solid waste shall
be equipped with personal protective equipment to protect them from the hazards
of handling solid wastes;
(b) Necessary training shall be given to the collectors and personnel to ensure that the
solid wastes are handled properly and in accordance with the guidelines pursuant
to this Act; and
(c) Collection of solid waste shall be done in a manner, which prevents damage to the
container, and spillage or scattering of solid waste within the collection vicinity.
The collector may collect refuse from more than one house
before returning to the truck to dump. The primary advantage of
this system is in convenience to the owner. The major
disadvantage is the high cost. Many homeowners object to
having collectors enter their private property.
Polyethylene Plastic beverage containers, Liquid-soap bottles, strapping, fiberfill for winter
terephthalate (PET mouthwash jars, peanut butter and coats, surfboards, paint brushes, fuzz on tennis
1 or PETE) salad dressing bottles balls, soft-drink bottles, film, egg cartons, skis,
carpets, boats
High-density Milk, water and juice containers, Soft-drink bottle base caps, flower pots, drain
polyethylene (HDPE) grocery bags, toys, liquid detergent pipes, signs, stadium seats, trash cans, recycling
2 bottles bins, traffic barrier cones, golf bag liners,
detergent bottles, toys
3 Polyvinyl chloride or Clear food packaging, shampoo Floor mats, pipes, hose, mud flaps
bottles
vinyl P(CV)
4 Low-density Bread bags,
grocery bags
frozen-food bags, Garbage can liners, grocery bags, multipurpose
bags
polyethylene (LDPE)
Ketchup bottles, yogurt containers Manhole steps, paint buckets, videocassette
Polypropylene (PP) and margarine tubs, medicine storage cases, ice scrapers, fast food trays, lawn
5 bottles mower wheels, automobile battery parts
Videocassette cases, compact disc License plate holders, golf course and septic tank
Polystyrene (PS) jackets, coffee cups; knives, spoons drainage systems, desktop accessories, hanging
6 and forks; cafeteria trays and fast- files, food service trays, flower pots, trash cans,
food sandwich containers videocassettes
• Open Dumpsites
• The prevalent practice of solid waste disposal is still through open
dumping, open dumpsites (OD) still exists in various regions despite the
prohibition in the Act.
• Have the lowest initial capital investment and operating cost but such
inappropriate disposal represents vast concern over environmental and
public health impacts.
• No open dumps should be operated upon the signing of the IRR of the
Act. (December 21, 2001)
• Category 2 disposal facility shall be applied to LGUs with net residual waste
generated of greater than 15 TPD but less than or equal to 75 TPD. It shall also
apply to a cluster of LGUs with a collective disposable residual waste greater
than 15 TPD but less than or equal to 75 TPD.
• Category 3 disposal facility shall be applied to LGUs with net residual waste
generated of greater than 75 TPD but less than or equal to 200 TPD. It shall also
apply to a cluster of LGUs with a collective disposable residual waste greater
than 75 TPD but less than or equal to 200 TPD.
• Category 4 disposal facility shall be applied to LGUs with net residual waste
generated of greater than 200 TPD. It shall also apply to a cluster of LGUs with
a collective disposable residual waste greater than 200 TPD.
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Section 41. Criteria for Establishment of Sanitary Landfill.
The following shall be the minimum criteria for the establishment of
sanitary landfills:
e. Cover – two (2) forms of cover consisting of soil and geosynthetic materials to
protect the waste from long-term contact with the environment:
i. a daily cover place over the waste at the close of each day’s operations,
and;
ii. a final cover, or cap, which is the material placed over the completed
landfill to control infiltration of water, gas emission to the atmosphere,
and erosion.
f. Closure procedure – with the objectives of establishing low maintenance
cover systems and final cover that minimizes the infiltration of precipitation
into the waste. Installation of the final cover must be completed within six (6)
months of the least receipt of wastes; and
g. Post-closure care procedure – During this period, the landfill owner shall be
responsible for providing for the general upkeep of the landfill, maintaining all
of the landfill’s environmental protection features, operating monitoring
equipment, remediating groundwater should it become contaminated and
controlling landfill gas migration or emission.
• Fence, gate and other site infrastructure with surfaced primary access
road.
• Full record of waste volumes, types and source.
• Separate cells for MSW, THW or HCW. Handling and management of these
types of wastes should be in accordance with the provisions of the Joint
Administrative Order (DENR-DOH) #02 and RA 6969.
• Facility operation by a pool of fully-trained staff
• Provision for aftercare following site restoration and closure.
• Prohibition of waste pickers at the immediate disposal area.