LITHOSPHERE

Solid Waste Management Law

 SOLID WASTE
• Discarded household and commercial waste
• Non-hazardous institutional and industrial
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9003 waste
• Street sweepings
• Construction debris
• Agricultural waste
C L A S S I F I C AT I O N
O F WA S T E A S
DEFINED BY RA
9003
 THE
ECOLOGIC AL An act providing for an
ecological solid waste It was passed by the Congress
SOLID WASTE management program, creating and Senate on December 2000
the necessary institutional and signed by the President on
MANAGEMENT mechanisms, declaring certain January 26, 2001.
prohibited acts.
ACT RA 9003
 SALIENT FEATURES OF RA 9003

Creation of the National

Solid Waste Management Creation of multi-purpose
Waste segregation, waste
Commission, National Environmental
reduction, and recycling
Ecological Center and Cooperatives or
programs
LGU Solid Waste Associations in every LGU
Management Boards
 SALIENT FEATURES OF RA 9003

Construction of Material Conversion of open dumpsites Integration of Ecological Waste Administrative enforcement
Recovery Facilities/Systems to sanitary landfills Management concepts in procedures
academic curricula for formal
and non-formal education
INSTITUTIONAL
STRUCTURE
 THE NATIONAL SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
• Created under the Office of the President
I N S T I T U TI O N AL
• EMB of the DENR provides secretariat support
M E C H AN I S M
( N AT I O N AL • Secretariat to be headed by an Executive Director to
LEVEL) be nominated by the Commission and appointed by
the Chairman
• Composed of 14 members from the government
and 3 from the private sector
 INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM
(NATIONAL LEVEL)
Government Sector
DENR (Chairman) PIA
DILG MMDA
DOST TESDA
DPWH League of Provinces
DOH League of Cities
DTI League of Municipalities
DA Liga ng mga Barangay
Non-Government Sector:
1 representative from the NGO
1 representative from the recycling industry
1 representative from the manufacturing/packaging industry
 ROLE OF THE DENR AS THE LEAD
AGENCY

Technical and other Recommend policies Exercise visitorial

capability building to eliminate barriers and enforcement Issue rules and
assistance and to waste reduction power to ensure regulations
support to LGUs programs strict compliance
 NATIONAL ECOLOGY CENTER

Provide technical
Facilitates training and
Establish solid waste assistance in pilot
education integrated Establish a national
management modeling of solid
ecological solid waste recycling network;
information database; waste management
management;
facilities
 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARDS
AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL

City/Municipal SWM Barangay SWM

Provincial SWM Board
Board Committee
• Consolidate plans and • Collection of non- • Segregation and
programs, establish recyclable materials and collection of
activities and special wastes shall be biodegradable,
complementing efforts the responsibility of the compostable, and
at the local and municipality or city reusable solid wastes
barangay levels shall be conducted at
the barangay lvele
 FUNCTIONAL
ELEMENT/MECHANICS
O F S O L I D WA S T E
M A N AG E M E N T
 • Systematic administration of activities that provide
for segregation at source, segregated transport,
ECOLOGIC AL storage, transfer, processing, treatment, and disposal
SOLID WASTE of solid waste and all other waste management
MANAGEMENT activities that do not harm the environment
 APPROACH TO ECOLOGICAL SOLID
WASTE MANAGEMENT

Source reduction and minimization of waste

Resource recovery, recycling, and reuse at the

community/barangay level

Collection, proper transfer and transport of wastes by

city/municipality

Management/destruction or reuse of residual/final

disposal
 REQUIREMENTS FOR SEGREGATION
AND VOLUME REDUCTION

Separate collection
Separate containers for
schedules/separate trucks Material Recovery
compostables, recyclables, Inventory of markets for
or Facilities for recyclables
special wastes and composts and recyclables
haulers/compartmentalized and biodegradables
residuals
collection vehicles
 RECYCLING PROGRAM

Environmentally preferable purchase

Specifications, product descriptions, and standards

Eco-labeling

Non-environmentally acceptable products

Reclamation programs and buy-back centers

 MANAGEMENT OF RESIDUAL AND FINAL
DISPOSAL SITES

Closure of all open dumpsites

Conversion of all open dumpsites to controlled dumps within 3 years

Minimum requirements in sitting, designing , and operation of disposal sites

Sanitary landfills
 • The commission shall encourage commercial and
industrial establishments, through appropriate
incentives other than tax incentives to:
• Initiate participate and invest in integrated EWM
projects
BUSINESS • Manufacture environment-friendly products
AND • Introduce, develop, and adopt innovative processes
INDUSTRY • Recycle and re-use materials

ROLE • Conserve raw materials and energy

• Reduce waste
• Precent pollution
• Undertake community activities to promote and
propagate effective SWM practices
 Violation
• Littering, throwing, and dumping
of waste matters in public
places and water bodies
• Open burning of solid waste
• Collection and transport of
PROHIBITED non-segregated or unsorted
waste
Fines/Penalties
₱ 300 - ₱ 1,000 or Community
service between 1-15 days
₱ 300 - ₱ 1,000 or Imprisonment
of 1-15 days
₱ 1,000 - ₱ 3,000 or Imprisonment
of 15 days – 6 months

ACTS • Squatting in open dumpsite and

landfills
• Open dumping, burying of
biodegradable and non-
biodegradable materials in flood
prone areas
• Unauthorized removal of
recyclable materials for
collection by authorized
persons
 Violation Fines/Penalties
• Operation of open dumpsites ₱ 500,000 or Imprisonment of 1 –
• Manufacture, distribution or use 3 years
of non-environmentally
acceptable packaging materials
• Importation of consumer
products packaged in non-
environmentally acceptable
materials
PROHIBITED
ACTS • Importation of toxic wastes ₱ 10,000 - ₱ 200,000 or
misrepresented as “recyclables” Imprisonment of 30 days - 3 years
or “with recyclable content”
• Transport and dumping in bulk
of collected domestic, industrial,
commercial, and institutional
wastes in areas other than
centers of facilities prescribed by
law
 Violation Fines/Penalties
• Construction, expansion, or ₱ 100,000 - ₱ 1M or
operation of waste Imprisonment of 1 - 6 years
management facilities
without an Environmental
Compliance Certificate
• Construction of any
PROHIBITED establishment within 200
ACTS meters from open or
controlled dump sites and
sanitary landfills
• Construction or operation of
landfills or any waste disposal
facility within or near an
aquifer, groundwater
reservoir or watershed
CONCEPTUAL
FRAMEWORK
OF RA 9003