FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES'. 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
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Senate Bill No. 1191 , QI'c:F "JP~ '\' ~ 
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INTRODUCED BY HON. MANNY VILLAR 
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The snowballing crusade around the world is the preservation and conservation 
of our natural heritage. The environmental cause has ceased to be a peripheral issue. 
Today, it already occupies center stage in world politics. 
It is in the light of this concern that this bill is filed. Specifically, this measure sets 
a general policy to require manufacturers to use recyclable materials for the packaging 
of consumer products. By so doing, we would have contributed in a significant way of 
limiting the discharge of non-biodegradable elements in our environment. 
Passage of this measure is urged. 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 1191 
INTRODUCED BY HON. MANNY VILLAR 
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AN ACT MANDATING THE USE OF RECYCLABLE OR BIODEGRADABLE 
MATERIALS FOR THE PACKAGING OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives ofthe Philippines 
in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. 
Declaration of Policy. The State hereby declares as policy the 
conservation and preservation of nature. In this respect, the use of recyclable and 
biodegradable materials is mandated in the manufacturing process of consumer goods. 
SECTION 2. Definition of terms. As used in this Act, the following terms shall 
be construed as follows: 
a) Recyclable - shall mean the quality of a material which makes it useful to be 
used again in any manufacturing process. 
b) Biodegradable - shall mean the quality of being organically assimilated in the 
natural setting. 
c) Consumer goods - shall refer to items for sale manufactured in high-volume 
for a mass market. 
SECTION 3. Tax Incentive. Any business or non-business entity which shall 
undertake the effort of using recyclable and biodegradable materials for the packaging 
of consumer goods shall enjoy a tax deductibility privilege on its income tax to the 
extent of the proven cost of the recyclable or biodegradable material on its production 
process. 
SECTION 3. 
Implementing Agencies Rules and Regulations. The necessary 
rules and regulations to effectively carry out the purposes of this Act shall be 
promulgated by the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural 
Resources within sixty (60) days after the effectivity of this Act. 
SECTION 4. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, orders, letters of instructions, 
letters of implementation, rules and regulations or part or parts thereof inconsistent with 
the provisions or any provisions of this Act, are hereby amended, modified, repealed or 
superseded insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of any of this Act. 
SECTION 5. Separability Clause. If any provisions of this Act or the application 
of such provision to any person Qr circumstance is held invalid for any reason, the 
remainder of this Act or the application of such provision to other persons "Or 
circumstances shall not be affected thereby. 
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SECTION 6. 
Effectivity.' This Act shall take effect immediately upon its 
approval. 
Approved, 
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