Article 159p. 159

NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS STATUTES and IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines

but only for the unexpired portion of the term. Finally,

the members shall be entitled to reasonable traveling

expenses and honoraria.

The

Department,

through

the

Environmental

Management Bureau, shall provide secretariat support

to the Commission. The Secretariat shall be headed by

an executive director who shall be nominated by the

members of the Commission and appointed by the

chairman.

SECTION 5. Powers and Functions of the Commission. —

The Commission shall oversee the implementation of

solid waste management plans and prescribe policies to

achieve the objectives of this Act. The Commission shall

undertake the following activities:

(a)

Prepare

the

national

solid

waste

management

framework;

(b) Approve local solid waste management plans in

accordance with its rules and regulations;

(c) Review and monitor the implementation of local solid

waste management plans;

(d)

Coordinate

the

operation

of

local

solid

waste

management boards in the provincial and city/municipal

levels;

(e) To the maximum extent feasible, utilizing existing

resources, assist provincial, city and municipal solid

waste

management

boards

in

the

preparation,

modification,

and

implementation

of

waste

management plans;

(f) Develop a model provincial, city and municipal solid

waste management plan that will establish prototypes of

the content and format which provinces, cities and

municipalities may use in meeting the requirements of

the National Solid Waste Management Framework;

(g) Adopt a program to provide technical and other

capability

building

assistance

and

support

to

local

government

units

in

the

development

and

implementation of source reduction programs;

(h) Develop and implement a program to assist local

government units in the identification of markets for

materials

that

are

diverted

from

disposal

facilities

through re-use, recycling, and composting, and other

environment-friendly methods;

(i) Develop a mechanism for the imposition of sanctions

for the violation of environmental rules and regulations;

(j) Manage the Solid Waste Management Fund;

(k) Develop and prescribe procedures for the issuance of

appropriate permits and clearances;

(l) Review the incentives scheme for effective solid waste

management, for purposes of ensuring relevance and

efficiency in achieving the objectives of this Act;

(m) Formulate the necessary education promotion and

information campaign strategies;

(n) Establish, after notice and hearing of the parties

concerned, standards, criteria, guidelines and formula

that are fair, equitable and reasonable, in establishing

tipping charges and rates that the proponent will charge

in

the

operation

and

management

of

solid

waste

management facilities and technologies;

(o)

Develop

safety

nets

and

alternative

livelihood

programs for small recyclers and other sectors that will

be

affected

as

a

result of the construction and/or

operation of a solid waste management recycling plant

or facility;

(p) Formulate and update a list of non-environmentally

acceptable materials in accordance with the provisions

of this Act. For this purpose, it shall be necessary that

proper consultation be conducted by the Commission

with all concerned industries to ensure a list that is

based on technological and economic viability;

(q)

Encourage

private

sector

initiatives,

community

participation and investments resource recovery-based

livelihood programs for local communities;

(r) Encourage all local government agencies and all local

government units to patronize products manufactured

using recycled and recyclable materials;

(s) Propose and adopt regulations requiring the source

separation and post separation collection, segregated

collection, processing, marketing and sale of organic and

designated recyclable material generated in each local

government unit; and

(t) Study and review the following:

(i)

Standards,

criteria

and

guidelines

for

the

promulgation

and

implementation

of an integrated

national solid waste management framework; and

(ii) Criteria and guidelines for siting, design, operation

and maintenance of solid waste management facilities.

SECTION 6. Meetings. — The Commission shall meet at

least once a month. The presence of at least a majority of

the members shall constitute a quorum. The chairman,

or

in

his absence the vice chairman, shall be the

presiding officer. In the absence of the heads of the

agencies mentioned in Sec. 4 of this Act, they may

designate

permanent

representatives

to

attend the

meetings.

SECTION 7. The National Ecology Center. — There shall

be established a National Ecology Center under the

Commission which shall provide consulting, information,

training,

and

networking

services

for

the

implementation of the provisions of this Act.

In this regard, it shall perform the following functions:

(a)

Facilitate

training

and

education

in

integrated

ecological solid waste management;

(b) Establish and manage a solid waste management

information data base, in coordination with the DTI and

other concerned agencies:

(1)

on

solid

waste

generation

and

management

techniques as well as the management, technical and

operational approaches to resource recovery; and

(2) of processors/recyclers, the list of materials being

recycled or bought by them and their respective prices;

(c) Promote the development of a recycling market

through

the

establishment

of

a

national

recycling

network that will enhance the opportunity to recycle;

(d)

Provide

or

facilitate

expert

assistance

in

pilot

modeling of solid waste management facilities; and

(e)

Develop,

test,

and

disseminate

model

waste

minimization and reduction auditing procedures for

evaluating options.

The National Ecology Center shall be headed by the

director of the Bureau in his ex officio capacity. It shall

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