Official calls for effective implementation of solid waste management rules

Addressing a review meeting, Panchayat Raj Additional Commissioner says waste should be treated as a valuable resource capable of improving public health, strengthening village cleanliness and generating livelihoods

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., during his fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday, said he wants the 25-year-old Ecological Solid Waste Management Act updated. This move is to strengthen efforts to correct public waste management, he said. “One systemic intervention is to update our