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Air Quality Management: Environmental Management Bureau Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Air Quality Management: Environmental Management Bureau Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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A_R _O_LUTION
AIR POLLUTION
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Health Effects
Asthma
Chronic bronchitis
Tonsillitis
Common cough and colds
Eyes, nose, throat irritation
Heart ailment
High blood
Lung cancer
Death
THE QUESTION
How
would
YOU
like to
wear a
gasmask?
What is Air Pollution?
Mobile Sources
Stationary Sources
Area Sources
_ O _ SE
Mobile Sources
Emissions from :
Cars
Trucks
Buses
Motorcycles
or Tricycles
_ACTOR_
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Stationary Sources
Emission from:
Industrial firms
Smoke stack of power
plants
Other establishments
S_ _ _ ING
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Area Sources
Smoking
Burning of wastes
Dust from construction
Site development
Pollutants
LEAD - Taken out of gasoline.
SULFUR DIOXIDE – mainly from
power plants.
CARBON MONOXIDE – from motor
vehicles.
NITROGEN DIOXIDE - contributes
to Acid Rain.
PARTICULATE MATTER - road dust,
diesel soot, ash, and wood smoke.
OZONE – from refrigerators, cars. Up
high it protects from UV radiation,
down low it is hazardous.
Air Quality in Metro
Manila
What has the
government
done so far?
The Philippine Clean
Air Act of 1999
Republic Act No. 8749
(Philippine Clean Air Act of
1999), was enacted into law in
June 1999.
One of the primary objectives
of the law is to maintain a
quality of air that protects
human health and welfare.
Air Quality Monitoring Network
Composed of 10 automated stations
Measures real time concentrations of
particulate matter, sulfur dioxide,
nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxide, ozone,
carbon oxide, benzene, xylene, toluene,
methane, non-methane hydrocarbon
and total hydrocarbon.
Emissions testing
Emission test prior to motor vehicle registration
Private vehicles = PETCs authorized by the DOTC and
duly accredited by the DTI
Public utility vehicles = LTO’s Motor Vehicle Inspection
System (MVIS)
Anti-Smoke Belching
Diesel vehicles are apprehended for smoke belching.
Emission test
of stationary sources
Alternative Fuels
Program comprises
Bantay Tambutso
(for vehicular sources)
Bantay Tsiminea
(for industrial sources)
Bantay Sunog Basura
(for area sources)
BANTAY TAMBUTSO
SA ESKWELA
Launched in November 2005
(as part of Clean Air Month
Celebration)
Started as a collaboration
between EMB-DENR,
PATLEPAM, MMAQISDP, and
the USAID-Energy and Clean
Air Project
Fifty (50) schools participated
in the orchestrated day of
banning entry of smoke-
belching vehicles (10-24-05)
OBJECTIVES
1. To involve academic
institutions in promoting
cleaner air initiatives.
Rizal Technological
University
Far Eastern University
Trinity College
Philippine Women’s
University
Philippine State College
of Aeronautics
University of the Philippines
in Diliman & Baguio
University of Sto. Tomas
Centro Escolar University
De La Salle University
Sta. Catalina College
Philippine Maritime Institute
PMMS
Eulogio Amang Rodriguez
Institute of Science & Technology
Sta. Rita College
Ateneo de Manila University
Miriam College
Technological University
of the Philippines in Diliman
& Baguio
Cavite State University
Batangas State University
University of Perpetual Help System
Casa del Niño School in Laguna
Joseph and Mary Academy
Colegio San Agustin
Pacita National High School
Sampaguita National High
School
Sisters of Mary Immaculate
Immaculate Heart of Mary
School
Catholic School of Pacita
Mater Ecclessias School
Holy Rosary Academy
Amazing Grace School
San Lorenzo School
San Geronimo Emiliani School
Saint Louis Anne Colleges
St. Therese of the Child Jesus
Evangel Christian Academy
Palawan State University
St. Louis University in Baguio
City
Benguet State University
Northwestern University in
Laoag
St. Mary’s University in Nueva
Vizcaya
Isabela State University
Central Luzon State University in Nueva Ecija
Camarines Sur State Agricultural College
Bicol University
West Visayas State
University in Iloilo
University of Cebu
University of San Jose
Recoletos in Cebu City
Eastern Visayas State
University in Leyte
University of Southeastern
Philippines in Davao City
AREAS OF COOPERATION
4. Encouragement of active
participation of students in various
air-related campaigns
Luzon
Visayas
Mindanao
• Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (Lanao)
• University of Southeastern Philippines (Obrero and Mintal, Davao)
• Agusan Business and Arts Foundation, Inc.
• Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology
• Libertad National High School, Saint Joseph Institute of Technology (Butuan City)
• Father Saturnino Urios University (Butuan City)
• Philippine Women’s University (Davao)
WHAT CAN YOUR
SCHOOL DO?
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?
1. Evaluate/assess implementation of Bantay Tambutso sa
Eskwela.