Republic Act 9003 waste, thereby providing

schemes for waste

–The Ecological Solid Waste
minimization, volume
Management of 2000
reduction, resource recovery
utilization and disposal.
An Act providing for an
ecological solid waste
management program,
creating the necessary
institutional mechanisms,
Under RA 9003, solid waste
declaring certain prohibited
shall not include:
acts.

1. Waste identified or listed

Was passed by the Congress
as hazardous waste (either
and Senate on December
solid, liquid, gaseous or in
2000. Signed by the
semisolid form) which may
President on January 26,
cause or contribute to
2001.
death, serious or
incapacitating illness, or
acute/ chronic effect on the
Objectives of the Law:
health of persons and other
-measures to promote a organisms;
more acceptable system
which corresponds to the
vision of sustainable 2. Infectious waste from
development. hospitals such as:
- aims to merge a) Equipment, instruments,
environmental protection utensils and disposable
with economic pursuits, fomites (things that may
recognizing the re- carry infectious organisms
orientation of the such as used gauze, surgical
community’s view on solid gloves, syringes) from
patients suspected to have 5. Department of Health
or have been diagnosed as (DOH);
having communicable
6. Department of Trade and
diseases;
Industry (DTI);
7. Department of
b) Laboratory wastes such Agriculture (DA);
as pathological specimens
8. Metro Manila
(i.e., all tissues, specimens
Development Authority
of blood elements, excreta,
(MMDA);
and secretions obtained
from patients or laboratory 9. League of Provincial
animals) and disposable Governors;
fomites that may harbor or 10. League of City Mayors;
transmit pathogenic
organisms; 11. League of Municipal
Mayors;
12. Association of Barangay
Composed of 14 members Councils;
from the government sector
and three members from 13. Technical Education and
the private sector. Skills Development
Authority
1. DENR;
(TESDA); and
2.Department of Interior
and Local Government 14. Philippine Information
(DILG); Agency (PIA).

3.Department of Science
and Technology (DOST);
4. Department of Public
Works and Highways
Role of the DENR as the
(DPWH);
Lead Agency :
- Provide technical and other action has been taken by
capability building the alleged offender.
assistance and support to
LGUs.
- Recommend policies to
eliminate barriers to waste The law provides that the
reduction programs. fine and/or penalty shall be
imposed UPON
- Issue rules and regulations.
CONVICTION.
The requirement of
Prohibited acts and conviction means that a
Penalties (Sec 48 and 49) case has to be filed in court
against a person who
The fines and penalties
commits a prohibited act
depend on the Prohibited
and judgment has to be
Acts that is committed. It
rendered by the court
ranges from P300.00 to
finding the person guilty of
P1,000,000.00 and/or
committing the prohibited
imprisonment of 1 day to 6
act.
years.
Kind of Cases may be Filled:
Criteria for Siting a Sanitary
1.Civil
Landfill
2.Criminal
(a) The site selected must
3.Administrative be consistent with the
overall land use plan of the
LGU;
RA 9003 provides that no
case or suit can be filed
until after a public officer or (b) The site must be
alleged violator has been accessible from major
given a 30-day notice roadways or thoroughfares;
during which no appropriate
(c) The site should have an landfill that will satisfy
adequate quantity of earth budgetary constraints,
cover material that is easily including site development,
handled and compacted; operation for many years,
closure, post-closure care
and possible remediation
(d) The site must be chosen costs;
with regard for the
sensitivities of the
community's residents; (h) Operating plans must
include provisions for
coordinating with recycling
(e) The site must be located and resource recovery
in an area where the projects; and
landfill's operation will not
detrimentally affect
environmentally sensitive (i) Designation of a separate
resources such as aquifer, containment area for
groundwater reservoir or household hazardous
watershed area; wastes.

(f) The site should be large

enough to accommodate
the community's wastes for
a period of five (5) years
during which people must
internalize the value of
environmentally sound and Section 21. Mandatory
sustainable solid waste Segregation of Solid Waste
disposal;
The LGUs shall evaluate
(g) The site chosen should alternative roles for the
facilitate developing a public and private sectors in
providing collection
services, type of collection
system, or combination of
systems, that best meet
their needs: Provided, That Miscellaneous Provisions
segregation of wastes shall
primarily be conducted at
the source, to include 1. Aim to develop public
household, institutional, awareness of the ill-effects
industrial, commercial and of and the community
agricultural sources based solution on solid
waste management.

Section 37. Prohibition

Against the Use of Open 2. Concentrate on activities
Dumps for Solid Waste which are feasible and
which will have the greatest
impact on solid waste
No open dumps shall be problem on the country, like
established and operated, resource conservation and
nor any practice or disposal recovery, recycling,
of solid waste by any segregation at source, re-
person, including LGUs, use, reduction, and
which constitutes the use of composting of solid waste.
open dumps for solid
wastes, be allowed after the
effectivity of this 3.Encourage the general
Acts: Provided, That within public, accredited NGO’s
three (3) years after the and people’s organization to
effectivity of this Act, every publicity endorse and
LGU shall convert its open patronize environmentally
dumps into controlled acceptable products and
dumps packaging materials.