From RA 9003 to SB 162: Legarda sustains fight for waste workers’ rights

MANILA, Philippines — Twenty-five years after authoring Republic Act No. 9003, the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, Sen. Loren Legarda continues to advance stronger safeguards for waste workers through Senate Bill No. 162, or the proposed Magna Carta of Waste Workers, which she refiled in the 20th Congress after first introducing the measure during the