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January 21, 2021
REPUBLIC Act 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Law, is now 20 years old. Approved on January 26, 2001, it was the first law signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo after taking over the Presidency from Joseph Estrada during the so-called Edsa-2 People Power Revolution.
Prior to RA 9003, there was no system of managing solid waste in the country. It is basically a “tapon-hakot-tambak” (throw-collect-dump) system, which is not environmentally sound. Open dumpsites are everywhere. The practice of 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycling) and composting is not institutionalized.
In the late 90s, our group, the Zero Waste Recycling Movement of the Philippines, pushed for the enactment of a law that would address solid waste. I remember joining our senior (elderly) members and fellow director Bebet Gozun (who would later become DENR Secretary) in lobbying at the Senate. One Senator even gave us the cold shoulder. ....

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