Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No, 9915

Introduced by Honorable Michelle M. Antonio

EXPLANATORY NOTE

RA 9003, otherwise known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management
Act of 2000, declares that the State shall adopt a systematic, comprehensive and
ecological solid waste management Program which shall ensure the protection of
the public health and environment, ensure the Proper segregation, collection,
{ransport, storage, treatment and disposal of solid waste, and retain primary
enforcement and responsibility of solid waste management with local government
units.

Pursuant to the relevant provisions of both R.A. 9003 and R.A. No. 7160,
otherwise known as the Local Government Code, the LGUs shall be primarily
responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of the
Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 within their respective
jurisdictions. Segregation and collection of solid waste shall be conducted at the
barangay-level specifically for biodegradable, compostable and reusable wastes,
thus, there shall be established a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in every
barangay or cluster of barangays. The MRF shall receive mixed waste for final
Sorting, segregation, composting, and recycling. Therefore, barangays are
responsible for the collection, segregation, recycling of biodegradable,
recyclable, compostable and reusable wastes.

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 the local government unit shall perform
Segregation and collection of biodegradable, compostable, reusable wastes,
establishment of materials recovery facility and allocation and generation of
barangay funds for its solid waste management program.

However, National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC), the
body mandated to oversee the implementation of solid waste management plans


and prescribe policies to achieve the objectives of the law, reported that there
remains a large number of barangays with inactive Barangay Solid Waste
Management Boards and thus, without Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs).
Specifically, there are still only 8,656 MRFs in the Philippines and only 10,327
barangays served by MRFs as of 2014. This is in large contrast to the existing 42,
036 barangays in the Philippines. Furthermore, there remains only 4,270 active
Barangay Solid Waste Management Boards/Committees out of the 15, 461
created bodies.

News agencies also reported the non-compliance of a large number of
barangays in the establishment of MRFs, citing that their local government unit
finds the law too difficult and costly to implement, while others have a different
implementation of the law. One barangay in San Fernando, Pampanga, however,
Sets the bar with compliance to the law, and has won Best Barangay Awards and
Special awards in their city for doing so.' Being given this incentive by the city
of San Fernando has motivated its citizens to cooperate and has uplifted the
community’s morale. Furthermore, construction of MRFs has lowered their
garbage expenses and has even lowered the number of dengue cases. With the
case of Barangay Maimpis, the community was motivated to comply with RA
9003 to establish Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs) in order to achieve
incentives.

Given the case of Barangay Maimpis and the existing high number of non-
compliant barangays, this bill aims to grant incentives and awards to all barangays
with established Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs) and active Barangay
Waste Management Boards/Committees. This will encourage barangays and their
respective Barangay Waste Management Boards/Committees to comply with the
law, and reap the benefits of having a Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs)
present in their barangay.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is highly recommended.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No,_5915

Introduced by Honorable Michelle M. Antonio

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 MANAGEMENTACT, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the “Best Solid Waste Management

Practices of Barangays Act of 2017"

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 be established a Materials
Recovery Facility (MRF) in every barangay or cluster of barangays. The facility
shall be established in a barangay-owned or -leased land or any 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 the MRF. The MRF shall receive mixed waste for final sorting,


segregation, composting, 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 shall take effect thirty (30) days following its publication

in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general publication.

Approved,