A Basic Course in Solid Waste Management
REPUBLIC ACT 9003
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU XII
What is RA 9003?
• An Act providing for an ecological solid waste
management program, creating the necessary
institutional mechanisms, declaring certain prohibited
acts.
• Has seven (7) chapters and 66 sections
• Short Title: ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000
• Was passed by the Congress and Senate on
December 2000 and signed by the President on
January 26, 2001.
RA 9003 Milestones
• January 26, 2001 - Approval
• February 16, 2001 – Effectivity
• December 20, 2001 - Signing of the IRR of RA 9003
(DENR DAO 2001-34)
• February 16, 2004 - All Open Dumpsites should have
been closed or converted to Controlled Disposal
Facilities (Sec. 37)
• February 16, 2006 - All Controlled Disposal Facilities
shall be deemed closed and phase-out (Sec. 37)
National Solid Waste DENR-EMB-NSWMC/S
Management Commission (Technical Support
(Policy Making) and Enforcement)
INSTITUTIONAL
STRUCTURE
Local Government
Waste Generators/
Units
Citizens
(Implementation)
ESWM INVOLVES THE
PRACTICE OF THE
FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL
ELEMENTS:
1. Waste Generation
2. Collection
3. Storage
4. Processing
5. Final Disposal
ESWM INVOLVES THE
PRACTICE OF THE
FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL
ELEMENTS:
1. Waste Generation
WASTE GENERATION
• Refers to the activity of producing solid waste.
• Important to know the wastes being generated.
WHAT CAN WE DO??
• Waste Analysis Characterization Study (WACS) -the Process that will help
us find out how much waste is being generated by our City or Municipality,
including establishments and other waste sources; and what types of
materials are in our waste.
• If we study the amount and characteristics of our wastes, we can:
- Reduce the amount of wastes we produce
- Reuse, recover or recycle materials that have value
- Minimize what we have to treat or dispose
National Solid Waste Management Framework
Partnership enterprises as dictated by policy, economies of
Avoid
Reduce
scale and in partnership with LGUs
Reuse
First preferred
options
Recycle
Municipalities/ Cities
Recover
Treatment Last preferred
options
Residuals Management
Direct Responsibility Influencing Responsibility
The most effective way
to reduce waste is to not
create it in the first place.
SEGREGATION
WASTE CLASSIFICATION
COMPOSTABLE WASTES
typically originating from plant or animal sources,
which may be degraded by other living organisms
Fruit and vegetable peelings, leftover foods,
vegetable trims, fish/fowl/meat/animal
entrails/, soft shells, seeds, leaves, etc.,
RECYCLABLE WASTES
refer to any waste material retrieved from the waste stream
and free from contamination that can still be converted into
suitable beneficial use.
Newspaper, ferrous and non-ferrous scrap
metals, corrugated cardboard, aluminum, tin
cans, glass, papers, etc.,
RESIDUAL WASTES
solid waste materials that are non-compostable
and non-recyclable.
Cigarette butts, Sanitary napkins, disposable diapers, worn-
out rugs, ceramics, candy wrappers/sachets, cartons which
contain a plastic lining usually used for milk and juice
containers, etc.,
SPECIAL WASTES
refer to household hazardous wastes
Paints, thinner, household batteries, lead-acid batteries, spray
canisters, bulky wastes, consumer electronics (which refer to worn-
out, broken and other discarded items), white goods (which refer to
large worn-out or broken household appliances), oil, tires, etc.,
17
19
COVID-19 RELATED HEALTH CARE WASTE
Examples are:
Health care wastes generated by households, such as potentially
contaminated masks, gloves and used or expired medicine, etc.,
ESWM INVOLVES THE
PRACTICE OF THE
FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL
ELEMENTS:
1. Waste Generation
2. Collection
COLLECTION
• It is the act of
removing solid
WHAT CAN WE DO??
waste from the
source or from
a storage
point.
ESWM INVOLVES THE
PRACTICE OF THE
FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL
ELEMENTS:
1. Waste Generation
2. Collection
3. Storage
STORAGE
• The SWM element which focuses on the temporary
containment of solid
WHAT CAN waste
WE after generation and
DO??
prior to collection for ultimate recovery or disposal.
• e.g. MRF, RCA, transfer stations, etc.
Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
serves as a solid waste transfer station or sorting station, drop-off
center, composting and recycling areas
Main Physical Components of an MRF
Composting Area Eco-Shed or Warehouse
ESWM INVOLVES THE
PRACTICE OF THE
FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL
ELEMENTS:
1. Waste Generation
2. Collection
3. Storage
4. Processing
PROCESSING
• Refers to the collection, extraction or recovery of
recyclable materials
WHAT CAN from the
WE waste
DO??stream for the
purpose of recycling, generating, energy or
producing a product suitable for beneficial use.
ESWM INVOLVES THE
PRACTICE OF THE
FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL
ELEMENTS:
1. Waste Generation
2. Collection
3. Storage
4. Processing
5. Final Disposal
FINAL DISPOSAL
Final disposal can be either:
• In composting
WHAT facilities
CAN WE DO??
• As animal feeds
• In Factories
• In Safe disposal facilities, such Sanitary Landfills,
septic vaults
• In Waste to Energy (WTE) facilities
PENAL PROVISIONS
VIOLATION FINES/PENALTIES
300 php – 1,000 php
• Littering, throwing and dumping of waste matters in public places
or
and water bodies.
Community Service of 1-15 days
300 php – 1,000 php
• Open burning of solid waste or
Imprisonment of 1-15 days
• Collection and transport of non-segregated or unsorted waste
• Squatting in open dumpsite and landfills
1,000 php – 3,000 php
• Open dumping, burying of biodegradable & non-biodegradable
or
materials in flood prone areas.
Imprisonment of 15 days to 6 months
• Unauthorized removal of recyclable materials for collection by
authorized persons
• Operation of open dumpsites
• Manufacture, distribution or use of non-environmentally 500,000.00 php
acceptable packaging materials or
• Importation of consumer products packaged in non- Imprisonment of 1 to 3 years
environmentally acceptable materials
VIOLATION FINES/PENALTIES
• Importation of toxic wastes mispresented as “recyclable” or
“with” recyclable content.
10,000.00 php - 200,000.00 php
• Transport and dumping in bulk of collected domestic, industrial, or
commercial and institutional wastes in areas other than centers Imprisonment of 30 days to 3 years
or facilities prescribed by law.
• Construction, expansion or operation of wastes management
facilities without an ECC.
• Construction of any establishment within 200 meters from open 100,000.00 php – 1 Million php
or control dumpsites and sanitary landfills. or
Imprisonment of 1 to 6 years
• Construction or operation of landfills or any waste disposal
facility within or near an aquifer, groundwater reservoir or
watershed.
EXTENDED PRODUCER
RESPONSIBILITY ACT
OF 2022 (R.A. 11898)
R.A. 11898
Long AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE EXTENDED
Title: PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY ON PLASTIC PACKAGING
WASTE, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 9003, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE
"ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF
2000”
Short Title: EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF
2022
MILESTONE DATES
Transmitted to the Office of the President
(Malacañang) on June 22, 2022
Lapsed into law on July 23, 2022
• Published in Daily Tribune on July 28, 2022
• Effectivity date: AUGUST 13, 2022
EPR IRR (DAO 2023-02) is already approved by DENR Secretary
last January 23, 2023. This will take effect 15 days after publication
in newspaper of general circulation and acknowledged by the
Office of the National Administrative Register (ONAR)
EXTENDED PRODUCER
RESPONSIBILITY ACT
OF 2022 (R.A. 11898)
Sec. 3. Definition of Terms
X X X "(d-1) Circular economy
- shall refer to an economic model of creating value
by extending product lifespan through improved
design and servicing, and relocating ways from the
end of the supply chain to the beginning. This
intends to efficiently utilize resources by its
continual use, and aims to retain the highest utility
and value of products, components and materials
at all times, through sharing, leasing, reuse, repair,
refurbishment, and recycling in an almost closed
loop;
Re-use of products and raw materials
The problem with waste management is not the
system, but the BEHAVIOR!
CHIEF SEATTLE
“
We do not inherit the
earth from our ancestors.
We borrow them from our
“
children.
