HAZARDOUS WASTES:

PHILIPPINE LAWS AND

RECENT PROBLEMS
GROUP 2
THE REPUBLIC ACT 6969
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND
HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR
WASTES CONTROL ACT OF
1990
 SUBJECT
AN ACT TO CONTROL TOXIC
SUBSTANCES AND HAZARDOUS AND
NUCLEAR WASTES, PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS
THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
SCOPE
IMPORTATION
MANUFACTURE
PROCESSING
HANDLING
STORAGE
TRANSPORTATION
SALE
DISTRIBUTION
USE
DISPOSAL
POLICY
OBJECTIVES
a) TO KEEP AN INVENTORY OF CHEMICALS
b) TO MONITOR AND REGULATE THE USE AND
DISPOSAL OF CHEMICALS
c) TO INFORM AND EDUCATE THE POPULACE
REGARDING THE HAZARDS
d) TO PREVENT THE ENTRY, STORAGE AND
DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTES IN THE
COUNTRY
 THE ROLE OF

DENR
a) TO KEEP AN INVENTORY OF
CHEMICALS
b) TEST POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES
c) EVALUATE
d) MONITOR
e) SUBPOENA WITNESSES
f) DISSEMINATE INFORMATION
PROHIBITION
 a) KNOWINGLY USE A CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE
WHICH IS IMPORTED, MANUFACTURED,
PROCESSED OR DISTRIBUTED IN VIOLATION OF
THIS ACT
b) FAILURE TO SUBMIT REPORTS OR OTHER
INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BY THIS ACT
 c) KEEPING IN STORAGE ANY AMOUNT OF
HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR WASTES IN ANY PART
OF THE PHILIPPINES
 PENALTIES
IMPRISONMENT:
(6) MONTHS AND ONE DAY
TO (6) YEARS
FINE:
(P600.00) TO
(P4,000.00)
ADMINISTRATIVE FINES

NOT LESS THAN

(P10,000.00) BUT
MORE THAN
(P50,000.00)
2008 ROXAS
AMENDMENT
 RECENT
PROBLEMS
 WASTE-TO-ENERGY
TECHNOLOGIES IN PH?
'GO ZERO WASTE
INSTEAD'
 PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE
CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF
WASTE-TO-ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST JORGE
EMMANUEL EXPLAINS WHY THIS MAY
NOT BE A GOOD IDEA.
WASTE-TO-ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
 WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANTS PRODUCE
SOME OF THE MOST TOXIC MATERIALS
KNOWN TO HUMANS.
 HAZARDOUS WASTE
PILING UP IN MANILA
 ILLEGAL DISPOSAL OF ELECTRONIC
AND COMPUTER PARTS BY COMPANIES
IN METRO MANILA
“DISCARDED ELECTRICAL DEVICES
CONTAIN HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS”
 SIX YEARS AFTER
JPEPA: PHL, THE
WORLD’S TOXIC WASTE
DUMPSITE?
 KNOWN FOR ITS PREFERENTIAL
TREATMENT OF TOXIC WASTES AND
HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS
 CAGAYAN DE ORO
OFFICIALS ASKED TO
EXPLAIN DUMPSITE
VIOLATIONS
CAGAYAN DE ORO’S DECADES-OLD
DUMPSITE
 7 NABBED FOR
DUMPING TOXIC
WASTE IN CAVITE
7 PERSONS WHERE HELD FOR DUMPING
429 DRUMS OF WASTE CHEMICALS IN
BRGY. PANGIL, AMADEO, CAVITE.
OIL SPILL HITS
BATANGAS WATERS
ABOUT 300 LITERS OF BUNKER FUEL
SPILLED IN BATANGAS
 GARBAGE FROM
CANADA: DUMP IT
HERE OR SHIP IT
BACK?
 THE 50 CONTAINER VANS OF
SMUGGLED GARBAGE FROM CANADA
POSE HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL
RISKS
NEW ZEALAND WASTE EXPORTED TO
THE PHILIPPINES SINCE 2008
BASEL BAN AMENDMENT: CALL FOR
PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO BAN
TOXIC WASTES TRADE
HAZARDOUS WASTES: PHILIPPINE
LAWS AND RECENT PROBLEMS

GROUP 2
CELESTIAL, JESSELLE
DOLOR, WILFRED JAMES
FAJUTAGANA, JOHN CEDRIC
MANALO, JOAN MARIE
SABANDO, JUDY ANN RUTH