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Close open dumpsites, LGUS told

By Dennis Carcamo | May 19, 2011 - 12:34pm

Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo has cautioned local chief executives to close open dumpsites in their respective jurisdictions or else face administrative sanctions under the Republic...

Focus on reduce, reuse, recycle methods - expert

By Rhodina Villanueva | September 16, 2010 - 12:00am

To properly manage municipal waste, an expert on waste disposal said the country should focus on “reduce, reuse and recycle” methods instead of investing in disposal technologies such as open dumps and...

Science and Environment

Villar: Garbage problem now an environmental disaster

By Aurea Calica | April 7, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. said yesterday the country’s garbage problem was becoming an environmental disaster due to the government’s lack of long-term and permanent solution...

Metro

Atienza: 50 local government units face charges for non-shift to sanitary landfills

By Katherine Adraneda | April 4, 2009 - 12:00am

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza has warned 50 local government units (LGUs) for being “persistently negligent” on their duties to comply with the Ecological Solid Waste Management...

Nation

Atienza wants LGUs' waste handling subsidies adjusted

By Katherine Adraneda | January 2, 2009 - 12:00am

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza has “strongly recommended” a change in the national policy on the financial support given to local government units (LGUs) in their efforts to...

Nation

Rizal gov, 6 Bulacan mayors face citizens' suit over open dumps

By Dino Balabo | October 1, 2008 - 12:00am

MALOLOS CITY – Rizal Gov. Casimiro Ynares III and six Bulacan mayors are now facing separate citizens’ suits ...

Nation

DENR warns LGUs over open dumps

By Katherine Adraneda | May 9, 2008 - 12:00am

Metro

Gov’t told: Speed up closure of 966 dumps

By Katherine Adraneda | January 29, 2006 - 12:00am

A group advocating a zero-waste Philippines has asked the government to hasten the closure of 966 dump sites nationwide and put up recycling centers to replace them. The Ecological Waste Coalition (EcoWaste), an...

Nation