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Discussion:
This Act is known as "Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. It
was created January 26, 2001 and took effect 15 days after its publication in the
Official Gazette of the Congress or in 2 newspapers of general circulation. This
law enjoins all Government agencies and institution as enumerated in Sec. 4 of the
Act to ensure environmental protection, create environmentally sound methods of
utilization of resources, waste segregation, waste management, research and
develop programs on waste reduction, recycling, waste collection and recovery.
This law includes the private sector in the waste management programs. It also
mandates the integration of ecological solid waste management in the academic
curricula of formal and non-formal education. The law is more comprehensive due
to the powers vested to the different agencies and institutions as stated in Sec 5.
The law creates the National Ecology Center which shall provide consulting,
information, training, and networking services for the implementation of the
provisions of this Act. The law gives the government agencies visitorial powers as
provided in Sec. 9 as a form of police power of the state. The law also states penal
provisions (Sec. 48) which in violation thereof shall constitute imprisonment and
payment of fines upon conviction as provided in Sec. 49.
Examples:
1. Waste Segregation program of Local Government Units
2. Lapu Lapu City Ordinance 484-7
3. Marikina City 10 year Environmental Compliance program
Distinction:
RA 9512 is a law created to promote environmental education and information
programs through government agencies and institutions while RA 9003 is a more
comprehensive law specially that it has penal provisions. It empowers government
agencies and institutions to act, punish, implement the provisions of this law.