Section 56Republic Act No. 7611., Sec./Art. 56

Environmental Education in the Formal and Nonformal Sectors - The national government, through the DECS and in coordination with concerned government agencies, NGOs and private institutions, shall strengthen the integration of environmental concerns in school curricula at all levels, with particular emphasis on the theory and practice of waste management principles like waste minimization, specifically resource conservation and recovery, segregation at source, reduction, recycling, re-use,and composing, in order to promote environmental awareness and action among the citizenry.