Section 2Sec./Art. 2

Section 2 of Republic Act No. 9003 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 2. Declaration of Policies. It is hereby declared the policy of the State to adopt a systematic, comprehensive and ecological solid waste management program which shall:

"x x x

"(i) Integrate public participation in the development and implementation of national and local comprehensive and ecological waste management programs;

"(j) Strengthen the integration of ecological solid waste management and resource conservation and recovery topics into the academic curricula of formal and non-formal education in order to promote environmental awareness and action among the citizenry; and

(k) Institutionalize the extended producer responsibility mechanism as a practical approach to efficient waste management, focusing on waste reduction, recovery and recycling, and the development of environment-friendly products that advocate the internationally accepted principles on sustainable consumption and production, circular economy, and producers' full responsibility throughout the life cycle of their product.