{"id":1022,"date":"2001-01-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-01-25T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/master.k8s.p4.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/press\/1022\/arroyo-signs-solid-waste-management-act\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T17:05:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T09:05:21","slug":"arroyo-signs-solid-waste-management-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/press\/1022\/arroyo-signs-solid-waste-management-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Arroyo signs Solid Waste Management Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"leader\">\n\tThe environmental group Greenpeace welcomed the enactment of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 during formal signing ceremonies led by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the Malaca\u00f1ang Palace today.\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The environmental group Greenpeace welcomed the enactment of the<br \/>\nEcological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 during formal signing<br \/>\nceremonies led by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the<br \/>\nMalaca\u00f1ang Palace today.<\/p>\n<p>Francis Dela Cruz, Greenpeace Southeast Asia Toxics Campaigner<br \/>\nsaid, &#8220;The Act sets the correct policy direction that puts prime<br \/>\nimportance on efforts to avoid solid waste and reduce its volume by<br \/>\nsegregation, composting and recycling. The biggest challenge now is<br \/>\nto match these words with actions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The group called for the new government of President<br \/>\nMacapagal-Arroyo to lead by example and immediately implement an<br \/>\necological solid waste management program in Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/p>\n<p>Greenpeace, likewise, criticized efforts by some government<br \/>\nofficials and interest groups to revoke the Clean Air Act&#8217;s<br \/>\nprovision banning waste incineration. &#8220;If the government can afford<br \/>\nto fast-track the construction of landfills and dumpsites, why not<br \/>\napply the same determination to the pursuit of the right<br \/>\nsolutions,&#8221; according to Von Hernandez, Greenpeace Campaign<br \/>\nDirector for Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>A study [1] commissioned by Greenpeace estimates that if Metro<br \/>\nManila implements a genuine waste reduction program, the metropolis<br \/>\nwould be able to recycle and compost at least 30% of its projected<br \/>\nwaste in 2005, and 60% of the region&#8217;s total waste by 2010. The<br \/>\namounts of waste going to recycling and composting also represent<br \/>\navoided costs of waste disposal, which could effectively translate<br \/>\ninto increased resources for other local government priorities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As long as our officials remain obsessed with quick-fixes, we<br \/>\nwill never break free from the waste crisis which has now become a<br \/>\nperiodic burden for our citizens. We hope that the Act will provide<br \/>\nthe impetus for government to innovate lasting solutions, anchored<br \/>\non ecological and democratically managed waste management programs<br \/>\nthat will put the garbage crisis into the dustbin of history,&#8221;<br \/>\nHernandez added.<\/p>\n<p><b>Notes:<\/b> [1] &#8220;Wasting and Recycling in Metro Manila, &#8221; by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Washington. 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