NSTP - Environmental Protection (Laws)

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RA 9003

Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000

Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000

In partnership with stakeholders, the law aims to adopt a systematic, comprehensive and ecological solid waste management program that shall ensure the protection of public health and environment. The law ensures proper segregation, collection, storage, treatment and disposal of solid waste through the formulation and adaptation of best eco-waste products.

RA 9275

Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004

Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004

The law aims to protect the country's water bodies from pollution from land-based sources (industries and commercial establishments, agriculture and community/household activities). It provides for comprehensive and integrated strategy to prevent and minimize pollution through a multisectoral and participatory approach involving all the stakeholders.

RA 6969

Toxic Substances, Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990

The law aims to protect the country's water bodies from pollution from land-based sources (industries and commercial establishments, agriculture and community/household activities). It provides for comprehensive and integrated strategy to prevent and minimize pollution through a multisectoral and participatory approach involving all the stakeholders.

RA 8435

Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997

It establishes that the Department of Agriculture, together with other appropriate agencies, should take into account climate change, weather disturbances and annual productivity cycles in forecasting and formulating appropriate agricultural and fisheries programs.

RA 8749

Clean Air Act of 1999

This moves for an effective air quality management program that will mitigate the worsening problem of air pollution in the country.

RA 9512

National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008

This promotes national awareness on the role of natural resources in economic growth and the importance of environmental conservation and ecological balance towards sustained national development.

RA 9513

Renewable Energy Act of 2008

It promotes the development, utilization and commercialization of renewable energy resources.

Mapua Sustainability

The _______ is a platform that links the university’s various units such as administration, finance, procurement, campus maintenance, education, extension, research, and innovation, to harmoniously work with the least emissions to environment, embed sustainability in all operational functions with a leverage to produce graduates who could demonstrate sustainable principles and practices in creating designs, new technologies and knowledge which contribute to the world’s sustainable development.