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• Republic Act 9003

  Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
• RA 9003 date passed into law

  January 2001
• Who signed the RA 9003

  Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
• Waste

  unwanted or unusable materials
• Kinds of Waste

  Solid and Liquid
• Classification of Waste

  1. Biodegradable / Non-biodegradable
  2. Hazardous / Non-hazardous
  3. Municipal
  4. Radioactive
  5. E-waste
  6. Biomedical
  7. Agricultural
  8. Industrial
  9. Fishery
• Impacts of Waste on the Environment

  1. GHGs
  2. waste breaking down forming methane
  3. waste pollution
  4. change in climate
• Role of Barangay

  To segregate and collect biodegradable, recyclable and reusable waste
• Role of City/Municipal

  To collect and dispose hazardous waste
• Impacts of Waste on Animals and Aquatic Life

  1. Plastic ingested by birds
  2. Increase in mercury level in fish
  3. increased algal population
  4. degrades water quality
• Impacts of Waste on Health

  1. Chemical poisoning
  2. Cancer
  3. Nausea
  4. low birth weight
  5. Vomiting
  6. Mercury Toxicity
• Sources of Human Exposure 


  1. Disease vectors
  2. Dermal contact
  3. Inhalation
  4. Ingestion of contaminated water or food
• Categories of Waste Disposal

  1. Dilute and Disperse
  2. Concentrate and Contain
• Useful Options for Waste Disposal

  1. Vermicomposting / Composting
  2. Pyrolysis
  3. Incineration
  4. Gasification
  5. Energy Recovery
  6. Resource Recovery
• Effects of Climate Change

  1. Flooding and Drought
  2. Change in precipitation pattern
  3. Poor Health and Death
  4. Pollution (Atmosphere, Water, Soil)
  5. Shortage of Water
• Contributors to Climate Change

  1. Deforestation
  2. Methane
  3. Nitrous oxide
  4. Combustion of fossil fuel
• Bulacan Environmental Code

  2011 Revised Environmental Code of the Province of Bulacan - Provincial Ordinance C-005
• Authority Implementing C-005

  Bulacan Environment and Natural Resources Office
• Scopes of C-005

  1. Water Usage and Classification (Article 2)
  2. Odor Emission Control (Article 3)
  3. Solid Waste Management (Article 4)
  4. Air Quality Standards (Article 6)
  5. Coastal and Forest Resource Management (Article 8)
  6. Mining and Quarrying Regulation (Article 9)
• Types of Permit

  1. Quarry Permit (QP)
  2. Exclusive Sand and Gravel Permit
  3. Industrial Sand and Gravel Permit
  4. Commercial Sand and Gravel Permit
  5. Small Scale Mining Permit
  6. Special Permit
• What is the requirement for Water Usage and Classification?

  Wastewater Treatment Facility is required for issuance of Permit to Operate
• Odor Emission Control

  aims to prevent the presence of bad and unpleasant odors
• Solid Waste Management

  Segregation
• Air Quality Standards

  requires Air Pollution Control Facility for PTO
• Coastal and Forest Resource Management

  • maintain cleanliness in coastal areas (Hagonoy, Paombong, Malolos, Obando, Bulakan)
  • include tree planting such as mangrove
• Who issues permits for Mining and Quarrying

  Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB)
• Accreditation


  registration of vehicles and equipment to certify or bestow an authority to operate, extract or haul mineral resources including their  products and by-products.
• Agroforestry


  sustainable management of land, which increases their productivity by properly combining agricultural crops  with forest crops simultaneously
• Ambient noise


  all-encompassing noise associated with a given environment
• Buffer zones


  areas outside the boundaries of immediately adjacent to the identified or designated area or body of water
• Ecotourism


  nature-based activity managed by the local community with the government support whose primary goals are conservation
• Fly ash


  solid particulate matter capable of being gas-borne and consisting essentially of fused ash
• Fugitive particulate


  particulate matter which escapes and becomes airborne from any unenclosed or partly enclosed operations
• Noise


  erratic, intermittent, or statistically random oscillation sound
• Particulate matter


  material, other than uncombined water, which exists in a finely divided form as a liquid or solid.
• Permit to operate


  legal authorization granted by the Governor to operate or maintain any installation for a specified period of time
• Provincial Environmental Regulatory Certificate (PERC)


  document issued by the Governor certifying that the project/activity under consideration will not bring about an unacceptable environmental impact
• Quarrying


  the process of extracting and disposing quarry resources found or underneath the surface
• Small-scale mining


  mining activities which rely heavily on manual labor using simple implements and methods and do not use explosives
• Special permit


  permit issued by the Provincial Governor to any landowner who wishes to develop his/her idle land into productive and beneficial use