Article 158p. 158

NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS STATUTES and IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

collection,

transfer

and

transport,

processing,

and

disposal of solid wastes in a manner that is in accord

with the best principles of public health, economics,

engineering,

conservation,

aesthetics,

and

other

environmental

considerations,

and

that

is

also

responsive to public attitudes;

(mm) Solid waste management facility shall refer to any

resource recovery system or component thereof; any

system, program, or facility for resource conservation;

any facility for the collection, source separation, storage,

transportation,

transfer,

processing,

treatment,

or

disposal of solid waste;

(nn) Source reduction shall refer to the reduction of solid

waste

before

it

enters

the

solid

waste

stream

by

methods such as product design, materials substitution,

materials re-use and packaging restrictions;

(oo) Source separation shall refer to the sorting of solid

waste into some or all of its component parts at the

point of generation;

(pp) Special wastes shall refer to household hazardous

wastes such as paints, thinners, household batteries,

lead-acid batteries, spray canisters and the like. These

include wastes from residential and commercial sources

that comprise of bulky wastes, consumer electronics,

white goods, yard wastes that are collected separately,

batteries, oil, and tires. These wastes are usually handled

separately

from

other

residential

and

commercial

wastes;

(qq) Storage shall refer to the interim containment of

solid waste after generation and prior to collection for

ultimate recovery or disposal;

(rr) Transfer stations shall refer to those facilities utilized

to

receive

solid

wastes,

temporarily store, separate,

convert, or otherwise process the materials in the solid

wastes, or to transfer the solid wastes directly from

smaller to larger vehicles for transport. This term does

not include any of the following:

(1) a facility whose principal function is to receive, store,

separate, convert, or otherwise process in accordance

with national minimum standards, manure;

(2) a facility, whose principal function is to receive, store,

convert, or otherwise process wastes which have already

been separated for re-use and are not intended for

disposal; and

(3) the operations premises of a duly licensed solid waste

handling operator who receives, stores, transfers, or

otherwise processes wastes as an activity incidental to

the conduct of a refuse collection and disposal business.

(ss) Waste diversion shall refer to activities which reduce

or eliminate the amount of solid waste from waste

disposal facilities;

(tt) White goods shall refer to 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 (e.g., copper, aluminum, etc.); and

(uu) Yard waste shall refer to wood, small or chipped

branches,

leaves,

grass

clippings,

garden

debris,

vegetable residue that is recognizable as part of a plant

or

vegetable

and other materials identified by the

Commission.

CHAPTER II Institutional Mechanism

SECTION

4.

National

Solid

Waste

Management

Commission. — There is hereby established a National

Solid

Waste

Management

Commission,

hereinafter

referred to as the Commission, under the Office of the

President.

The

Commission

shall

be

composed

of

fourteen (14) members from the government sector and

three

(3)

members

from

the

private

sector.

The

government sector shall be represented by the heads of

the following agencies in their ex officio capacity:

(1) Department of Environment and Natural Resources

(DENR);

(2) Department of the Interior and Local Government

(DILG);

(3) Department of Science and Technology (DOST);

(4) Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH);

(5) Department of Health (DOH);

(6) Department of Trade and Industry (DTI);

(7) Department of Agriculture (DA);

(8) Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA);

(9) League of provincial governors;

(10) League of city mayors;

(11) League of municipal mayors;

(12) Association of barangay councils;

(13)

Technical

Education

and

Skills

Development

Authority (TESDA); and

(14) Philippine Information Agency.

The private sector shall be represented by the following:

(a) A representative from nongovernment organizations

(NGOs) whose principal purpose is to promote recycling

and the protection of air and water quality;

(b) A representative from the recycling industry; and

(c)

A

representative

from

the

manufacturing

or

packaging industry;

The Commission may, from time to time, call on any

other concerned agencies or sectors as it may deem

necessary.

Provided, That representatives from the NGOs, recycling

and manufacturing or packaging industries shall be

nominated through a process designed by themselves

and shall be appointed by the President for a term of

three (3) years.

Provided, further, That the Secretaries of the member

agencies of the Commission shall formulate action plans

for

their

respective

agencies

to

complement

the

National Solid Waste Management Framework.

The

Department

Secretary

and

a

private

sector

representative

of

the

Commission

shall

serve

as

chairman and vice chairman, respectively. The private

sector

representatives

of

the

Commission

shall

be

appointed on the basis of their integrity, high degree of

professionalism and having distinguished themselves in

environmental

and

resource

management.

The

members of the Commission shall serve and continue to

hold

office

until

their

successors

shall

have

been

appointed

and

qualified.

Should

a member of the

Commission fail to complete his/her term, the successor

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