Republic of the Philippines

Province of Bukidnon
City of Valencia
BARANGAY GOVERNMENT OF VINTAR

OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG BARANGAY

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 23rd REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG
BARANGAY OF VINTAR, VALENCIA CITY, BUKIDNON HELD LAST NOVEMBER 3, 2014 AT
THE BARANGAY SESSION HALL VINTAR, VALENCIA CITY, BUKIDNON.

PRESENT: HON. DIONICIO V. SANTOS PUNONG BARANGAY

HON. WILLIAM B. VIERNES KAGAWAD
HON. ROMEO F. GAMIAO KAGAWAD
HON. TESSIE C. LEAÑO KAGAWAD
HON. MELECIO U. ZUNIGA KAGAWAD
HON. TOMAS B. ZUNIGA KAGAWAD
HON. CESAR B. SERUANO KAGAWAD
HON. RHOMEL W. FLORES KAGAWAD
HON. LEONIE G. AMBALOS IP REPRESENTATIVE

Ordinance No. 4-2014

Series of 2014

“COMPREHENSIVE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE OF BARANGAY VINTAR”

Author: Hon. Tomas B. Zuniga

Co-Author: Hon. Tessie C. Leano

WHEREAS, the Barangay Vintar is committed to the protection, preservation and

conservation of the ecosystem;
WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the barangay to effectively and efficiently implement the
Solid Waste Management System under Republic Act No. 9003 in its territorial jurisdictions;
WHEREAS, Section 16 of the Local Government Code (RA 7160) also provides: “SEC. 16.
General Welfare. – Every local government unit shall exercise the powers expressly granted,
those necessarily implied therefrom, as well as powers necessary, appropriate, or incidental
for its efficient and effective governance, and those which are essential to the promotion of
the general welfare. Within their respective territorial jurisdictions, local government units
shall ensure and support, among other things . . . promote health and safety, enhance the
right of the people to a balanced ecology, maintain peace and order, and preserve the comfort
and convenience of their inhabitants.” [underscoring supplied.]
WHEREAS, the unsystematic waste disposal by households, agricultural and
commercial/industry establishments cause unsightly surroundings and spread of
communicable diseases;
WHEREAS, the practice of waste segregation to facilitate reuse and recycling does not only
reduce the cost of collection and disposal of garbage but conserves the natural resources of
materials and avoid wasteful consumption of goods;
NOW THEREFORE, BE ORDAINED, as it is hereby ordained by the Barangay Council of
Barangay Vintar, Valencia City in session assembled:
ARTICLE I
Title of the Ordinance

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This ordinance shall be known as the “Comprehensive Solid Waste Management of Barangay
Vintar”.
ARTICLE II
Coverage
This Ordinance shall apply to all residential houses; commercial establishments such as
restaurants, eateries, department stores, groceries, sari-sari stores, auto-repair shops;
institutions like hospitals, schools, churches, public and private offices; industrial
establishments of any kind; and agricultural areas situated within the territorial
jurisdictions of Barangay Vintar of the City of Valencia, Bukidnon.

ARTICLE III
Authority and Purpose/Goals
SECTION 1.Authority. This Ordinance is enacted to implement the provisions of Republic
Act No. 9003 which mandates the proper segregation and collection of household wastes.

SECTION 2.Purpose. This Ordinance is enacted for the following purposes:

a) To guide, control and regulate the generation of solid wastes within the
Barangay and promote an orderly and sanitary system for the same;
b) To enhance the total environment of the locality through the necessary
control and mitigation of negative environmental impacts of solid waste;
c) To promote and protect the health, safety, peace and convenience of the
general welfare of the inhabitants of the Barangay;
d) To minimize the generation of solid waste and maximize possible
resource/recovery/recycling and utilization by:
Maximizing the use of goods and consumption of foods;
Encouraging the salvaging of possible “recoverable” from solid wastes for
re-use and/or recycling back to production process; and
Encouraging the recycling and resource recovery of wastes in own
backyards through composting.

SECTION 3.Goal. The primary goal of this Ordinance is to enhance ecological balance of the
community through sustainable and integrated waste management.

SECTION 4.Objectives. The objectives of this Ordinance are the following:

- a) to ensure round-the-clock cleanliness through the orderly management of

waste;
- b) to eradicate unsightly, uncovered and overflowing waste containers in
streets, public places and open spaces;
- c) to maximize and optimize sanitary resource recovery for feeds, materials
and others; and
- d) to minimize pollution arising from harmful gases, smoke particulates
produced by needless burning/dumping, polluted runoffs into water
sources/supply, and hazardous substances.
ARTICLE IV
Definition of Terms
SECTION 5.TECHNICAL TERMS. The following Technical Terms as used in these City
Ordinances are defined for clarity:

- 5.1 Agricultural Waste refers to waste generated from planting or

harvesting of crops Trimming, or pruning of plants, animal manure and
waste or run-of materials from farm
- or field;
- 5.2 Body Number refers to a controlled number assigned to each Eco-Aide
by the Office of the City Planning development Office (CPDO) which is to be
painted and displayed on each Junk cart for identification purposes;

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- 5.3 Bulky Wastes refers to discarded large and unusual types of waste such
as discarded furniture, big toys, packaging materials, appliances, large
branches of trees and other similar items;
- 5.4 Collection refers to the act of removing waste from the source of
communal storage
- point;
- 5.5 Collection Frequency refers to the number of times collection of waste
is provided in a given period of time;
- 5.6 Color code - a specific color or hue assigned to each Eco-aide by the
CPDO for proper identification;
- 5.7 Commercial Establishments refers to all establishments which include
but not limited to those engaged in transportation, communication, storage,
commerce, service and the like;
- 5.8 Controlled Dump Site refers to a disposal site at which solid waste is
deposited in
- accordance with the minimum prescribed standards of site operation;
- 5.9 Composting refers to the controlled decomposition of Bio-degradable
waste by micro-organism, mainly bacteria, fungi and activators under
controlled conditions;
- 5.10 Disposal site refers to the site where solid waste is finally discharged
and deposited;
- 5.11 Ecological Solid Waste refers to the systematic administration of
activities which
- provide for segregation at source, segregated transportation storage,
transfer, processing,
- treatment and disposal of solid waste and all other waste management
activities which do not harm the environment;
- 5.12 Environmental acceptability refers to the quality of being reusable,
biodegradable or compostable, recyclable and not toxic or hazardous to the
environment;
- 5.13 Food Wastes are organic wastes generated from restaurants, canteens,
eateries and similar establishments;
- 5.14 Hazardous Wastes are solid waste or combination of solid waste which
because of concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics
may (a) cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or (b)
increase serious irreversible or incapacitating hazard to human health or
the environment and disposed, stored, transported improperly;
- 5.15 Industrial Waste refers to any languid gaseous, or solid matter, or
other waste substances or combination thereof resulting from any process of
industry, manufacturing trade or business or from the developed processing
or recovery of any natural resources which may cause or tend to cause
pollution, or contribute to the pollution of water, air and land resources;
- 5.16 Leachate refers to the liquid produced when waste undergoes
decomposition, and
- when water percolates through solid undergoing decomposition. It is a
contaminated liquid that flows in to the recycling facility;
- 5.17 Material Recovery Facility includes a solid waste transfer station or
sorting station, drop-off center, a composting facility and recycling facility;
- 5.18 City Waste refers to wastes produced from activities within local
government units
- which include a combination of domestic commercial, industrial and
institutional wastes and street litter;
- 5.19 Open Dump Site refers to a disposal area, wherein the solid wastes are
indiscriminately thrown or disposed of without due planning and
consideration for environmental and health standards;
- 5.20 Receptacles shall refer to individual containers used for sources
separation and collection of recyclable materials;
- 5.21 Recyclable Material refers to any waste material retrieved from the
waste stream that can still be converted into materials that can be use or for
other purposes, including, but not limited to, newspapers, ferrous scrap
metal, non-ferrous scrap metal, used oil, corrugated cardboard, aluminum

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 glass, office paper, tin cans, and other materials as may be determined by
the board;
- 5.22 Recycling refers to the treating of used or waste materials through a
process of making them suitable for beneficial use and for other purposes,
and includes any process by which solid waste materials are transformed
into new products in such a manner that the original products may lose
their identity, and which may be used as raw materials for the production of
other goods or services;
- 5.23 Segregation refers to a solid waste management practice of separation
of different materials found in solid waste in order to promote recycling and
re-use of resources and to reduce the volume of waste for collection and
disposal;
- 5.24 Solid Waste refers to all discarded household and commercial waste,
non-hazardous institutional and industrial waste, street sweeping,
construction debris, agricultural waste, and other non-hazardous/non-toxic
solid waste;
- 5.25 Solid Waste Management refers to the discipline with control on
generation, segregation, storage, collection, transfer, processing and
disposal of solid waste in a manner that is in accord with the best principles
of public health, economics, engineering, conservation, aesthetics and other
environmental considerations responsive to public attitudes;
- 5.26 Special Waste refers to household hazardous waste such as paints,
thinners, household batteries, acid batteries, spray canisters and the like.
These include waste from residential and commercial sources that consist of
bulky waste, consumer electronics, white goods, yard waste that are
collected separately, batteries, oil and tires. These wastes are usually
handled separately from other residential and commercial waste;
- 5.27 White goods refers to the large worn-out or broken household,
commercial, and industrial appliances such as stoves, refrigerators,
dishwashers, and clothes washers and dryers collected separately. White
goods are usually dismantled for the recovery of specific materials (eg.
Copper, aluminum, etc);
ARTICLE V
Segregation of Waste
SECTION 6.Mandatory Segregation of Solid Wastes. The segregation of wastes shall
primarily be conducted at the source, to include household, institutional, industrial,
commercial and agricultural sources: Provided, that wastes shall be segregated into the
categories provided in.

SECTION 7.Requirements for the Segregation and Storage of Solid Waste. The following
shall be the minimum standards and requirements for segregation and storage of solid waste:

-
a) There shall be a suitable container such as a plastic bag/ sacks before
these are being brought to MRF.
- b) There shall be a separate container for each type of waste from all
sources: Provided, that in the case of bulky waste, it will suffice that the
same be collected and placed in a separate and designated area; and
- c) The solid waste container depending on its use shall be properly marked
or identified for on-site collection as follows:
- Biodegradables/ Compostables or “Nabubulok”;
- Recyclables or “Di-nabubulok na maaari pang pakinabangan”; and
- Residuals & Special Wastes or “Di-nabubulok na ‘di na
mapapakinabangan.”
ARTICLE VI
WASTE PROCESSING AND RESOURCE RECOVERY
SECTION 8.RESIDENTIAL

- a. Segregated recyclables shall be properly stored. The recyclables shall be

brought to Material Recovery Facility (MRF);

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 - b. Purok leaders designated in every purok shall oversee the collection of the
recyclables;
- c. All food waste and kitchen waste (all biodegradable waste) must be put in
an enclosed container and shall be composted in resident backyards;
- d. Residents shall avoid open burning and dumping and adopt the reuse
and recycling practices;

SECTION 9.COMMERCIAL AREAS

-a. Segregation of waste from commercial areas shall be mandatory before

issuance or renewal of business permits;
- b. The market shall adopt a segregation scheme that will facilitate the
segregation of biodegradable waste from non-biodegradable waste;
- c. Food waste from commercial areas (e.g. food centers like carinderias,
restaurants, canteens, etc.,) shall not be disposed in sewers;
SECTION 10.INDUSTRIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL AREAS

- a. An industrial establishment segregation of bio-degradable and non-

biodegradable waste shall be performed to avoid foul odor and proliferation
of flies and other insects carrying communicable diseases;
- b. Public and private schools shall adopt appropriate resource recovery and
recycling provision as strategies and it shall be included in their educational
curriculum;

SECTION 11.AGRICULTURAL AREAS

- Agricultural waste (e.g. rice straws, corn cobs, etc,.) shall not be burned.
Manure shall not be improperly dumped but shall be stockpiled in a proper
location and composted. Animal manure can also be decomposed or utilized
for bio-gas production;
ARTICLE VII
Penal Provisions
SECTION 12.Prohibited Acts and Its Fines and Penalties. The following acts are
prohibited and its corresponding Fines and Penalties:

- (1) Indiscriminately dumping garbage, littering, throwing, dumping of solid

waste matters in public places, such as roads, canals, drainage systems,
curbs and gutters, plaza, creeks, rivers, tributaries, rivulets and other
natural waterways, and establishment, or causing or permitting the same;
- (2) The open and indiscriminate burning of solid waste including
agricultural waste, residual and special wastes;
- (3) non-segregated or unsorted waste/non-segregation of wastes into
biodegradable, recyclable, and residual/special;

First Offense – Warning

Second Offense – Php 250.00 &/or Render Five (5) Days Community
Service, or both
Third Offense – Php 500.00 &/or Render Ten (10) Days Community
Service, or both
Subsequent - Php 1,000.00 or Render Twenty (20) Days
Community Service, or both

- (5) Households and establishments that do not provide

receptacles/containers for their solid waste;

First Offense – Warning

Second Offense – Php50.00 &/or Render One (1) Day Community
Service, or both
Third Offense – Php150.00 &/or Render Two (3) Days Community
Service, or both

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 Subsequent – Php250.00 &/or Render Five (5) Days Community
Service, or both

- (6) Not keeping the surrounding areas and immediate premises clean by
establishments, institutions, households and other concerned occupants.
Streets shall be kept clean by occupants or owners of properties lining the
street from the line of the property to the middle of the street and from one
property to the other.

First Offense – Warning

Second Offense – Php150.00 &/or Render Three (3) Days Community

Service, or both

Third Offense – Php300.00 &/or Render Six (6) Days Community Service,
or both

Subsequent - Php500.00 &/or Render Ten (10) Days Community Service,

or both

- If the offense is committed by a corporation, partnership, or other juridical

entity duly organized in accordance with law, the chief executive officer,
president, general manager, managing partner or such other officer-in-
charge shall be liable for the commission of the offense penalized under this
Ordinance.

- Violators shall not be given barangay clearances until he/she has paid
and/or served his/her fines/penalties. Their names also shall be posted at
conspicuous places in the barangay.

SECTION 13.Utilization of Collected Fines. Thirty percent (30%) of the collected fines shall
accrue to the General Fund for appropriations for the next fiscal year and the remaining
Seventy percent (70%), which shall be called as Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM)
Fund, shall be used for the following within the fiscal year of which the fines were collected:

- (1) Procurement of Materials, Equipment and other items necessary for the
proper implementation of the Ecological Solid Waste Management of the
Barangay Vintar;
- (2) Information, education, communication and monitoring activities of the
Ecological Solid Waste Management of Barangay Vintar;
- (3) Acquisition of products, facilities, technologies and processes necessary
to enhance proper ecological solid waste management;
- (4) Awards and incentives;
- (7) Capability-building activities; and
- (8) Maintenance and other related activities, programs, etc. for the Materials
Recovery Facility of Cluster.
ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 14.Citizen Suits. For purposes of enforcing the provisions of this Ordinance, any
citizen may file an appropriate civil or criminal action in the barangay against any person
who violates or fails to comply with the provisions of this Ordinance. The Barangay
concerned shall exempt such action from payment of filing fees.

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SECTION 15.Separability Clause. If any provision of this Ordinance or the application of
such provision to any person or circumstances is declared unconstitutional, the remainder of
this Ordinance or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall
not be affected by such declaration.

SECTION 16.Repealing Clause. All existing ordinances and resolutions of this barangay
found to be inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 17.Effectivity. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately in accordance with
the provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as it is hereby resolved by the Sanggunian

Barangay in a session duly assembled, to immediately implement this ordinance within
Barangay Vintar, Valencia City.

UNANIMOUSLY PASSED this 3rd day of November 2014, Vintar, Valencia City.
x________________________________________________________________________________________x
I hereby certify to the passage of Barangay Ordinance No. 3 Series of 2014 otherwise known
as the “Barangay Revenue Code of Barangay Vintar.”

EDNALYN C. ZUNIGA
Secretary to the Sanggunian

ATTESTED AND CERTIFIED TO BE DULY APPROVED:

DIONICIO V. SANTOS
Punong Barangay

CONFORMED:

WILLIAM B. VIERNES ROMEO F. GAMIAO TESSIE C. LEAÑO

Kagawad Kagawad Kagawad

MELECIO U. ZUNIGA TOMAS B. ZUNIGA CESAR B. SERUANO

Kagawad Kagawad Kagawad

RHOMEL W. FLORES LEONIE G. AMBALOS

Kagawad IP Representative

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