Republic Act No. 9003, also known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, is a landmark environmental law designed to address the country`s waste management problems. It requires local government units to reduce waste by 25% through reuse, recycling, composting and other resource recovery activities. However, two decades after its adoption, solid waste management remains a major challenge. The Philippines generates more than 21 million tons of waste each year, with the National Capital Region being the largest producer of waste. 1. standards, criteria and guidelines for the promulgation and implementation of an integrated national framework for solid waste management; and 2. criteria and guidelines for the siting, planning, operation and maintenance of solid waste disposal facilities. (b) Options analysis 1. practical applications of environmentally sound waste minimisation techniques, such as resource conservation, source separation, recycling, resource recovery, including waste generation, reuse and composting; 2. a technical and economic description of the level of performance that can be achieved through the different solid waste management methods available to ensure the protection of public health and the environment; 3.

methods of closing or upgrading open landfills to eliminate potential health risks; 4. appropriate solid waste management facilities and systems; 5. Recycling programs for recyclable materials, such as, but not limited to, glass, paper, plastic and metal. (e) Assist, to the extent possible, provincial, municipal and municipal waste management authorities in developing, amending and implementing waste management plans, using existing resources; (d) Public participation and IEC 1 campaign. Places for public participation from all sectors at all stages/phases of the waste management programme/project; 2. Information and awareness-raising campaign strategies. A set of standards for innovation, proactivity, exemplary and exceptional efforts in SCM are formulated by the Commission and localised by trusted local water management organisations. There may be a variety of criteria for awarding awards, including, but not limited to, the following categories: 1. For local authorities undertaking policy reforms in sustainable human resource management, mainly through co-management and decentralization of powers to design, support and implement sustainable human resource management development projects. 2. For local authorities using methods that significantly reduce waste generation and thus exceed the waste prevention target by 25 %.

3. For local authorities with complete prototypes of professionally assessed SLMs as mature models on environmentally sound management, with full coverage of sustainable development needs such as social, economic, cultural, political, technological, institutional and environmental dimensions. 4. For local communities using other indigenous processes, materials, technologies and approaches that have been extensively tested for social acceptance, efficiency and effectiveness. 5. For local authorities hosting SWM installations. The Commission shall publish, within one (1) year of entry into force, these specific guidelines on IRRs, which, in addition to grants and other financial support programmes, provide specific incentives for local authorities hosting or offering SWM entities. The principle according to which this incentive package is designed is resolved around the recognition of payment for access to the present and future use of resources located in localities.

Incentives may include, inter alia, targeted subsidies for the specific use of resources such as water and electricity; Reinvest a certain percentage of the profits generated by the facility to support local community development initiatives or pay royalties for the continued operation of the plants. The Commission instructs the DENR to carry out a study examining the specific aspects of these incentives and presenting the results of this study to the public within one year. Rewards may or may not be monetised, depending on the assessment of the contracting authority, in this case the Commission and local data management bodies. The method of selecting winners must be transparent and public. Barangay councils may make decisions to issue regulations for the establishment of a Local Solid Waste Management Fund (also known as the Local Waste Fund) in accordance with the relevant provisions of Republic Act No. 7160. The funds for the local fund come from the collection of fines by the LGU. The by-law may delegate to the local SWM board of each LGU the authority to administer the local fund as a special account of the LGU and to develop relevant guidelines for the management of the local fund. (l) Coordinate the efforts of its barangays in the implementation of the municipal or municipal waste management plan.

The Office provides technical advisory assistance for the establishment of local solid waste management committees. The Commission shall provide policy guidance to local bodies for solid waste management in accordance with Section 8 of these Rules and Regulations. In this context, bills have been submitted to the Philippine Senate to address the problems of excessive waste and garbage disposal. These include: The NEC assists local authorities in setting up and implementing deposit or recovery schemes in coordination with manufacturers, recyclers and producers to provide separate collection systems or appropriate drop-off points for recyclable materials, and in particular for toxic components distinct from the waste stream, such as dry batteries and tyres, to ensure that they are not incinerated or landfilled. (1) the availability and supply of properly designed containers or containers at selected collection points for the temporary storage of solid waste pending collection and transfer to treatment or disposal sites; 2. separation of different types of solid waste for reuse, recycling and composting; 3. the transport and transfer of solid waste from generation or collection points to treatment or disposal sites; 4. the publication and enforcement of regulations for the effective implementation of a collection system in the barangay; and 5. Provide trained officials and workers in solid waste management.

The plan shall define and specify methods and systems for the transfer of solid waste from specific collection points to solid waste management facilities. `organic solid waste management` means the systematic management of activities involving source separation, separate transport, storage, transfer, treatment, treatment and disposal of solid waste and all other environmentally harmful waste management activities; The LGU recycling component evaluates industrial, commercial, residential, agricultural, state and other mobile, drop-off and buy-back recycling programs, manual and automated material recovery facilities, zoning, zoning changes, zoning changes, and fee structures that encourage material recycling. The solid waste management plan shall specify the specific measures to be taken to comply with waste diversion in accordance with section 20 of the Act and section 7 of Regulation VII of this TRI. Recognizing that a number of local authorities have undertaken efforts to prepare their respective waste management plans prior to the entry into force of the Act, these efforts are recognized as complying with the relevant provisions of the Act; provided that previously prepared plans are brought into conformity with the elements prescribed in section 3 of Article VII of these Rules of Procedure. This plan shall be submitted to the Commission for approval once validated and adapted.