National Solid Waste Management Strategy 2012-2016.

The National Solid Waste Management Strategy is the product of a seemingly unending series of workshops and write-shops which involved the full participation and cooperation of various stakeholders’ groups in the waste management sector. The National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Environmental Management Bureau, the NSWMC Secretariat took the lead in writing the document and in convening the various stakeholders during the numerous consultation meetings and workshops. Waste management is a global issue intensified by the volume and complexity of domestic and industrial waste discarded by society. Unmanaged solid waste became a perennial problem in some countries. Over the last few, the Philippines has endeavored to improve its management and operation of solid waste through several national laws, rules, regulations, orders, and memoranda on environment, including resolutions and ordinances issued by local government units. This Policy consists of 2 Parts and 5 Chapters and refer to the issues of status of National Solid Waste Management in the Philippines, legal mandate and institutional arrangements, institutional support mechanism, solid waste management system, cross cutting issues and SWM initiatives in Asia and other countries.