Government Regulations And Securing Environmental Licenses Flashcards
The law aims to adopt a systematic, comprehensive, and ecological solid waste management program that shall ensure the protection of public health and environment.
RA 9003 Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
The law ensures proper segregation, collection, storage, treatment, and disposal of solid waste through the formulation and adaptation of best eco-waste products.
RA 9003 Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
Which is dumped into landfills produces methane gas due to breakdown without oxygen. Methane is a greenhouse gas and even more harmful than carbon dioxide.
Food waste
Can process the waist and make it useful for further use. Biodegradable waste such as food paper or wood can be decomposed organically to make manure or fertilizers for plants.
Recycling facilities
The law aims to protect the country’s water bodies from pollution from land-based sources (industries and commercial establishments, agriculture and community/ household activities) .
it provides for comprehensive and integrated strategy to prevent and minimize pollution through a multi-sectoral and participatory approach involving all the stakeholders.
RA 9275 Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004
Aims to prevent, reduce, and pollution in the nations water in order to “restore and maintain the chemical physical and biological integrity of the nations water” as described in cwa section 101.
RA 9275 Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004
The law aims to achieve and maintain clean air that meets the national air quality guidelines values for criteria pollutants, throughout the philippines, while minimizing the possible associated impacts to the economy.
RA 8749 Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
The law aims to regulate restrict or prohibit the importation, manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use, and disposal of chemical substances and mixtures the present unreasonable risk to human health.
It likewise prohibits the entry even in transit of hazardous and nuclear wastes and their disposal into the philippine territorial limits for whatever purpose and to provide advancement and facilitate research and studies on toxic chemicals.
RA 6969 Toxic Substances, Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990
To facilitate the attainment and maintenance of rational and orderly balance between socioeconomic development and environmental protection.
Presidential Decree 1586 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Statement of 1978
Is a planning and management tool that will help government, decision makers, the proponents and the affected community address the negative consequences or risk on the environment. The process as implementation of environment friendly projects.
Presidential Decree 1586 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Statement of 1978
Is protection of vital interests of the individual society natural environment from the threats resulting from the anthropogenic and natural impacts on the environment
Environmental Security
