SCHOOLS MUST BE AGGRESSIVE ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Republic Act 9003 reminds citizens can file suits against agencies not enforcing solid waste management. Excerpts of the law on education (Note: note the word aggressively incorporate ESWM in the school systems ) : Section 2. Environmental Education in the Formal and Nonformal Sectors a) The Department of Education (DeptEd), the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR), and other concerned government agencies, shall aggressively incorporate ecological waste management in the school systems at all levels, emphasizing the involvement of the school administrators, teaching and non-teaching staff, and studentry in school-wide and nearby community waste management actions, and in the strengthening of the waste management content in the curricula. b) Such education program shall emphasize, but not be limited to, the ill-effects of solid wastes relative to human health and the environment, waste minimization and pollution prevention, waste segregation (biodegradable and non-biodegradable) and storage, waste reduction at source, waste recycling/reuse, composting, different methods of waste management and economic benefits derived thereat, and other community-based solutions to the solid waste problem. c) The education program should also include the provisions of the prohibited acts, their sanction, and the right of citizens to file suits. Section 3. Public Education and Information a) The Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG) and its leagues, in coordination with the National Ecology Center and its local counterparts, shall ensure active education and public information on waste management of every local government unit, down to the barangay levels. b) The local government units, down to the barangay levels, shall allocate a portion of their funds, to public education and information activities on ecological waste management particularly biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes including, but not limited to, installation of billboards on collection days for specific waste types, other outdoor signages, stickers, flyers, conduct of seminars, and other effective non-traditional information strategies. 331 c) The Office of the Press Secretary, the Philippine Information Agency, the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas, the National Press Club, the Philippine Press Institute and the private sector (particularly the entertainment and advertising industries), shall allocate regular free air time and print spaces on waste management matters, in television, radio, broadsheets, outdoor signages, other telecommunications, information technologies and non-traditional medial channels. d) The DILG, through the Philippine National Police, the Department of National Defense and the Philippine Coast Guard, shall help enforce compliance to Sections 48 and 49 of the said prohibited acts of this Law. e) All government offices, at the national and local levels, within the executive, legislation and judicial branches, and government-owned and controlled corporations, shall ensure information, education and actual implementation of waste management programs at the workplaces and work premises, including the pursuit of environment-friendly purchasing policies for their respective offices. f) The DENR, other concerned government agencies, educational associations, non-government organizations, people’s organizations and the private sector, shall also help implement various efforts in the education and public information on waste management. g) All garbage collection and hauling companies shall also be directed to install visible signs in their collection and hauling trucks, describing the waste type they are supposed to collect (for example, NABUBULOK, NARERESIKLO, DI NABUBULOK). h) All garbage collection and hauling companies shall also be enjoined to employ other possible media approached to ensure compliance to mandatory waste segregation (for example, use 332 of bell, characteristic music, jingle, slogan, color-coded trucks, and the like) in their garbage collection vehicles. i) All institutions in the foregoing provisions are directed to submit periodic reports to the appropriate local solid waste management boards. The criteria and mechanisms for the report and its submission may be specified by the NSWMC. The report shall thereafter be submitted to the NSWMC secretariat. Sample copies of education and public information materials and strategies employed, shall be part of such submissions.
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