ECOLOGICAL SOLID

WASTE MANAGEMENT
ACT OF 2000
REPUBLIC ACT 9003
The term solid
waste means :
Solid wastes are
Material such as all the discarded
household solid materials
garbage, food from municipal,
wastes, yard industrial, and
wastes, and Solid waste are agricultural
demolition or wastes that are activities
construction not liquid or
debris gaseous
 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 therefore, and for
other purposes.
• Was passed by the Congress and Senate on
2000 and signed by the President on
January 26, 2001.
SALIENT FEATURES OF RA 9003?

 Creation of the National Solid Waste Management

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

 Construction of Material Recovery Facilities/Systems

 Conversion of open dumpsites to sanitary landfills
 Integration of Ecological Waste Management
concepts in academic curricula for formal and non-
formal education
 Administrative and enforcement procedures
PROHIBITED ACTS
Violation Fines/Penalties
Littering, throwing and dumping P 300 – P1,000
of waste matters in public places Or
and water bodies Community service between
1 – 15 days
Open burning of solid waste P 300 – P1,000
Or
Imprisonment of 1 – 15 days
PROHIBITED ACTS
Violation Fines/Penalties
Collection and transport of non-segregated P 1,000 – P 3,000
or unsorted waste
Or
Squatting in open dumpsite and landfills
 Open dumping, burying of biodegradable & Imprisonment of 15 days to 6
non-biodegradable materials in flood prone months
areas
Unauthorized removal of recyclable
materials for collection by authorized persons
PROHIBITED ACTS
Violation Fines/Penalties
 Operation of open dumpsites P500,000.00
 Manufacture, distribution or use of Or
non-environmentally acceptable Imprisonment of 1 to 3 years
packaging materials
 Importation of consumer products
packaged in non-environmentally
acceptable materials
PROHIBITED ACTS
Violation Fines/Penalties
 Importation of toxic wastes P 10,000 – P 200,000
misrepresented as “recyclable” or “with Or
recyclable content”
Imprisonment of 30 days to
 Transport and dumping in bulk of
collected domestic, industrial, commercial 3 years
and institutional wastes in areas other
than centers or facilities prescribed by law
PROHIBITED ACTS

Violation Fines/Penalties
 Construction, expansion or operation of waste P100,000 – P 1M
management facilities without an Environmental
Compliance Certificate Or
 Construction of any establishment within 200 Imprisonment of 1 to 6
meters from open or controlled dump sites and years
sanitary landfills
Construction or operation of landfills or any waste
disposal facility within or near an aquifer,
groundwater reservoir or watershed