Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 7970

Introduced by: “KUYA” JOSE ANTONIO R. SY-ALVARADO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Republic Act No. 9003 otherwise as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act
of 2000, declares an act providing for an ecological solid waste management program,
creating the necessary institutional mechanisms and incentives, declaring certain acts
prohibited and providing penalties appropriating funds therefore, and for other purposes.

Relevant provision of Ra 7610 declared Local Government Units to be primarily
responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of Solid Waste
Management within their respective jurisdictions.

Furthermore, the Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 9003 mandates the
creation of a Barangay Solid Waste Management Board in every barangay which shall
ensure that local government unit shall perform segregation and collection of wastes. They
must be encourage by barangay officials to classify solid wastes into compostable,
recyclable, residual and special wastes.

Management of Solid waste should start first at household level.
Hence, this bill aim to recognize and reward the barangay with fully-operational

material recovery facilities for exhibiting good practice of ecological solid waste ~
management plus monetary rewards, With these most if not all barangay will be force

“KUYA” JOSE ANTONIO R. SY-ALVARADO
Representative!”

First District of Bulacan


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 7970

Introduced by: “KUYA” JOSE ANTONIO R. SY-ALVARADO

AN ACT
MANDATING THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO INSTITUTIONALIZE
REWARDS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 32 OF RA 9003, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

SECTION I. This Act shall be known as the "Best Solid Waste Management Practices of
Barangays Act of 2018"

SECTION 2. All local government units in cities and provinces throughout the country shall
be mandated to institutionalize rewards to barangays compliant with

Section 32 of RA 9003, which states: "There shall he established a Materials Recovery
Facility (MRE) in every barangay or cluster of barangays. The facility shall be established in a
barangay-owned or -leased land or nay suitable open space to be determined by the barangay
through its Sanggunian. For this purpose, the barangay or cluster of barangays shall allocate a
certain parcel of land for MRF. The MRE shall receive mixed waste for final sorting, segregation
composing and recycling. The resulting residual wastes shall be transferred to a long term storage
or disposal facility or sanitary landfill”

SECTION 3. Under this Act. barangays with fully-operational Materials Recovery
Facilities (MRFs) shall receive recognition from their respective city/municipal local government
unit as a reward for exhibiting good practice of ecological solid waste management in the barangay
level. Thereupon, city/municipal local government units shall further initiate a rewards program
for their constituent barangays, granting the barangay with the best solid waste management
practices with recognition and monetary awards.

SECTION 4. The funds for said monetary awards shall be availed of by the LGUs from the

Solid Waste Management Fund, to be administered by the National Solid Waste Management
Commission.

SECTION 5. This Act
Official Gazette or in at least

take effect thirty (30) days following its publication in the
(2) newspapers of general publication,

Approved,