The document outlines the laws and regulations governing solid waste management (SWM) in the Philippines, primarily Republic Act No. 9003, known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. It emphasizes the importance of systematic and ecological SWM through waste reduction, segregation, and recycling, while detailing institutional responsibilities and the framework for implementation. Furthermore, it covers various solid waste management activities, including reuse, recycling, composting, and proper disposal methods.

1. WELCOME!

2. GENERAL PROVISIONS
What are the laws and regulations that govern solid waste
management (SWM) in the Philippines?
The laws and regulations are:
1. Republic Act (RA) No. 9003 (“The Ecological Solid Waste
Management Act of 2000”); and
2. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2001-34, which is the Implementing
Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 9003.

3. GENERAL PROVISIONS
What is ecological SWM?
It is the systematic management of solid waste which provides
for:
1. Waste reduction at source;
2. Segregation at source for recovery of reusables, recyclables
and compostables;
3. Segregated transportation, storage, transfer, processing,
treatment and disposal of solid waste; and
4. All other waste management activities which do not harm
the environment.

4. Republic Act No. 9003

5. Republic Act No. 9003
Also known as the “Ecological Solid
Waste Management Act of 2000
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, CREATING THE NECESSARY
INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS AND INCENTIVES,
DECLARING CERTAIN ACTS PROHIBITED AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

6. Waste management has serious environmental effects
making the passage of the Republic Act (RA) 9003 or the Ecological
Waste Management Act of 2000 a landmark environmental
legislation in the Philippines. The law was crafted in response to
the looming garbage problems in the country. RA 9003 declares
the policy of the state in adopting a systematic, comprehensive,
and ecological waste management program that ensures the
protection of public health and the environment and the proper
segregation, collection, transport, storage, treatment and disposal
of solid waste though the formulation and adoption best
environmental practices. Moreover, it illustrates the potentials
and benefits of recycling not only in addressing waste
management problems but also in alleviating property.

7. RA 9003 was passed by the Philippine Congress on December
20, 2000 and was subsequently approved by the Office of the
President on January 26, 2001. It contains seven chapters sub-
divided into 66 sections setting out policy direction for an effective
solid waste management program in the country.
Solid waste refers to all discarded household waste,
commercial waste, non-hazardous institutional and industrial
waste, street sweepings, construction debris, agricultural
waste, and other nonhazardous/non-toxic solid waste.

8. CHAPTERS AND SECTIONS
CHAPTER I
Basic Policies
SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “Ecological
Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.”
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policies. — It is hereby declared the
policy of the State to adopt a systematic, comprehensive and
ecological solid waste management program which shall:
(a) Ensure the protection of public health and environment;
(b) Utilize environmentally-sound methods that maximize the
utilization of valuable resources and encourage resource conservation
and recovery;

9. (c) Set guidelines and targets for solid waste avoidance and
volume reduction through source reduction and waste minimization
measures, including composting, recycling, re-use, recovery, green
charcoal process, and others, before collection, treatment and disposal
in appropriate and environmentally sound solid waste management
facilities in accordance with ecologically sustainable development
principles;
(d) Ensure the proper segregation, collection, transport, storage,
treatment and disposal of solid waste through the formulation and
adoption of the best environmental practice in ecological waste
management excluding incineration;

10. (e) Promote national research and development programs for
improved solid waste management and resource conservation
techniques, more effective institutional arrangement and indigenous
and improved methods of waste reduction, collection, separation and
recovery;
(f) Encourage greater private sector participation in solid waste
management;
(g) Retain primary enforcement and responsibility of solid waste
management with local government units while establishing a
cooperative effort among the national government, other local
government units, non-government organizations, and the private
sector;

11. Under RA 9003, solid waste shall not include:
1. Waste identified or listed as hazardous waste (either solid, liquid, gaseous or
in semisolid form) which may cause or contribute to death, serious or
incapacitating illness, or acute/ chronic effect on the health of persons and
other organisms;
2. Infectious waste from hospitals such as: a) Equipment, instruments, utensils
and disposable fomites (things that may carry infectious organisms such as
used gauze, surgical gloves, syringes) from patients suspected to have or have
been diagnosed as having communicable diseases;
b) Laboratory wastes such as pathological specimens (i.e., all tissues,
specimens of blood elements, excreta, and secretions obtained from patients
or laboratory animals) and disposable fomites that may harbor or transmit
pathogenic organisms;

12. c) Surgical operating room pathologic specimens and attendant disposable
fomites; and
d) Similar disposable materials from outpatient areas and emergency rooms.
3. Waste resulting from mining activities, including contaminated soil and
debris.

13. What are the institutions principally involved in the
implementation of RA 9003 and its IRR?
National Institutions:
1. National Solid Waste Management Commission;
2. National Ecology Center; and
3. DENR/Environmental Management Bureau (EMB).
Local Institutions:
4. Local Government Units (LGUs);
5. Provincial Solid Waste Management Board;
6. City/Municipal Solid Waste Management Board; and
7. Barangay Solid Waste Management Committee.

14. What is the National Solid Waste Management Commission and its
composition?
It is a Commission established by RA 9003 under the Office of the
President, composed of 14 members from the government sector and
three members from the private sector.
Who are the representatives of the government sector in the
Commission?
The government sector is represented by the heads of the following
agencies in their ex officio capacity:
1. DENR;
2. Department of Interior and
Local Government (DILG);
3. Department of Science and
Technology (DOST);
4. Department of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH);
5. Department of Health (DOH);

15. 6. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI);
7. Department of Agriculture (DA);
8. Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA);
9. League of Provincial Governors;
10. League of City Mayors;
11. League of Municipal Mayors;
12. Association of Barangay Councils;
13. Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA); and
14. Philippine Information Agency (PIA).

16. Who serves as the Commission’s chairman and vice chairman?
The DENR Secretary serves as the chairman, while the private
sector representative serves as the vice-chairman.
The DENR, through the EMB, serves as the Commission Secretariat.
What is the main power and function of the Commission?
The Commission shall oversee the implementation of SWM
plans and prescribe policies to achieve the RA 9003 objectives.

17. What is the National Ecology Center?
It is a Center mandated by RA 9003 to be established under the
National Solid Waste Management Commission and headed by the
Director of the EMB in his/her ex officio capacity.

18. What is the National Ecology Center?
It is a Center mandated by RA 9003 to be established under the
National Solid Waste Management Commission and headed by the
Director of the EMB in his/her ex officio capacity.

19. What are Regional Ecology Centers?
They are centers mandated to be established at the regional
level and headed by the corresponding EMB Regional Directors in
their ex officio capacity.

20. What are Regional Ecology Centers?
They are centers mandated to be established at the regional
level and headed by the corresponding EMB Regional Directors in
their ex officio capacity.

21. What is the National Solid Waste Management Framework?
It is the framework that will be formulated, with public
participation, by the National Solid Waste Management Commission
and will be used as the reference in the formulation of local SWM
plans.
What will the Framework contain?
The framework shall contain, among others, the:
1. Assessment of the SWM situation in the Philippines;
2. Analysis of options;
3. Mandatory program of actions;
4. Public participation and IEC campaign; and
5. Aspects for standardization and measuring performance.

22. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

23. REUSE AND RECYCLE
What is re-use?
Re-use, which is mandated by RA 9003, refers to the recovery of materials
intended to be used again either for the same or different purpose
without altering their physical and chemical characteristics. Examples:
reusing bottles, plastic and other containers; using back of “used” paper;
using old newspapers as wrapping/packing materials, etc.
What is recycling?
Recycling, which is mandated by RA 9003, refers to the process
by which solid waste materials are transformed into new products or
used as raw materials for the production of other goods or services.

24. What are “buy-back centers”?
Buy-back centers refer to recycling centers that purchase or accept
recyclable materials from the public for the purpose of recycling such
materials.
What is eco-labeling?
It is a coding system for packaging materials and products to facilitate
waste recycling and re-use. The DTI-Bureau of Product Standards is tasked to
formulate and implement such coding system.
What this means is that as consumers, eco-labels guide our purchasing
decisions by providing information about the 'world' behind the product. For
businesses, eco-labels are a means of measuring performance and also
communicating and marketing the environmental credentials of a given
product.

25. COMPOSTING AND COLLECTION
What is composting?
Composting, which is mandated by law, refers to the controlled
decomposition of organic matter by micro-organisms, mainly bacteria and
fungi, into a humus-like product.
What is collection?
Mandated by law, collection refers to the act of removing solid waste
from the source or from a communal storage point.
What is a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)?
Materials recovery facility (MRF) includes a solid waste transfer
station or sorting station, drop-off center, a composting facility and a
recycling facility.
The law requires the establishment of an MRF in every barangay or
cluster of barangays.

26. What is disposal?
Disposal refers to the discharge, deposit, dumping, spilling, leaking or
placing of any solid waste into or in any land. There are three types of
disposal.
They are:
1. Open dump;
2. Controlled dump; and
3. Sanitary landfill.
What is an open dump?
An open dump is a disposal area where solid wastes are
indiscriminately thrown or disposed of without due planning and
consideration for environmental and health standards.

27. What is a controlled dump?
A controlled dump is a disposal site in which solid waste is deposited
in accordance with the minimum prescribed standards of site operation to
minimize possible adverse impacts on the environment.
Use of controlled dumps for disposal of solid waste shall no longer be
allowed five years after the effectivity of RA 9003 (or after Year 2007).
What is a sanitary landfill?
A sanitary landfill is a waste disposal site properly designed,
constructed, operated and maintained in a manner that poses the least
environmental impacts.

28. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
NOW LET US HAVE THE QUIZ.

29. GET A ONE WHOLE SHEET OF PAPER AND ANSWER THESE
QUESTIONS:
1.) The RA 9003 is also known as?
2.) What is the meaning of SWM?
3.) How many chapters does the RA 9003 have?
4.) How many sections does the RA 9003 Have?
5.) RA 9003 was passed by the Philippine Congress on?
6.) The RA 9003 was approved by the Office of the President on?
7-10:
-Give me three (3) representatives of the government sector in the Commission.
It should be in full and acronym form.

30. GET A ONE WHOLE SHEET OF PAPER AND ANSWER THESE
QUESTIONS:
11-15
What will the Framework contain?
Write all five (5) things that the National Solid Waste Management Framework
contain.
16-20:
Shuffled words:
Yub- ckba retnec: These recycling centers that purchase or accept recyclable
materials from the public for the purpose of recycling such materials.

31. GET A ONE WHOLE SHEET OF PAPER AND ANSWER THESE
QUESTIONS:
ASRIYANT LFASDLNLI: a waste disposal site properly designed, constructed,
operated and maintained in a manner that poses the least environmental impacts.
COE EBGLNIAL: It is a coding system for packaging materials and products to
facilitate waste recycling and re-use.
NOCCTILLEO:refers to the act of removing solid waste from the source or
from a communal storage point.
SADOSPIL: refers to the discharge, deposit, dumping, spilling, leaking or
placing of any solid waste into or in any land.