SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF CEBU CITY

PURPOSE/SIGNIFICANCE:

Solid waste management is one of the most serious environmental, public health and political issues in
the Philippines. According to the Republic Act 9003 (RA 9003), Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) produces
by the city included a combination of domestic, commercial, institutional and industrial wastes and
street sweepings.

The City’s mission is to “Ensure an environmentally friendly, financially dynamic, pro-active and self -
reliant city” and a vision “To deliver basic services, conduct information campaign through participation
of various stakeholders and have adequate environmental facilities managed by competent personnel in
sustaining the ever changing needs of the general public.” In order to overcome growing economic,
social and environmental problems associated with waste disposal, Cebu City has initiated a several
legislative measures aiming to establish the regulatory mandate of RA 9003 at the Local Government
Unit (LGU) level. This has resulted in a variety of innovative legal interventions, which, by way of an
integrated resource recovery approach, have brought demonstrated improvements to Cebu’s MSWM
system.