Environmental Laws

An Act Creating The Laguna Lake Development Authority, Prescribing Its Powers, Functions and Duties, Providing Funds Therefor, and For Other Purposes.

Providing penalty for improper disposal of garbage and other forms of Uncleanliness and For Other Purposes

Title: Code on Sanitation of the Philippines

Providing For The Revision of Presidential Decree No. 600 Governing Marine Pollution

Title: Marine Pollution Decree of 1976

A Decree Instituting a Water Code, Thereby Revising and Consolidating The Laws Governing the Ownership, Appropriation, Utilization, Exploitation, Development, Conservation and Protection of Water Resources

Title: The Water Code of the Philippines

Philippine Environmental Policy

Establishing an Environmental Impact Statement System Including Other Environmental Management Related Measures and For Other Purposes

Reorganizing the Ministry of Natural Resources and Renaming it as the Department of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Abolishing the Ministry of Energy Integrating All Offices and Agencies whose functions relate to Energy and Natural Resources into the Ministry defining its Powers and Functions and for Other Purposes.

Article II Section 16 of the Constitution provides that the State shall protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm  and harmony of nature.

Providing for the Reorganization of the Department of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources

An Act To Control Toxic Substances And Hazardous And Nuclear Wastes, Providing Penalties for Violations Thereof, and For Other Purposes

Short Title: Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes Control Act of 1990.

Importation, manufacturing, processing, sale, distribution, use, and disposal of substances that pose an unreasonable risk and/or injury to the health of the people and the environment are prohibited under this Act.  All chemicals being presently imported, manufactured, or used in the country are listed in an inventory with full details and any new substances must undergo pre-manufacturing or pre-importation regulations.

An Act Providing For  A Comprehensive Air Pollution Control Policy And For Other Purposes

Short Title: Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999.

One of the salient features of this Act is the establishment of a multi-sectoral Integrated Air Quality Improvement Framework and Air Quality Control Action Plan which will serve as the primary guide for air pollution management and control in the country.  Adopting a multi-sectoral or participatory approach (also called "partnership approach to healthy air" or "people-driven approach") means that ideas and comments should be gathered from all stakeholders, and information is largely disclosed to the public.  Alongside many other regulatory measures, all sources of air pollutant emissions are also mandated by this Act to secure a permit to operate apart from the Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC).  Importantly, this Act sets the emission limits for various types of pollutants both stationary and mobile, including smoking, fuel and fuel additives, ozone-depleting substances, greenhouse gases, and organic pollutants among others.

Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act 8749

An Act Providing For An Ecological Solid Waste Management Program, Creating The Necessary Institutional Mechanisms and Incentives, Declaring Certain Acts Prohibited and Providing Penalties, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and For Other Purposes

Short Title: Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000

Aimed at establishing a nationwide ecological solid waste management program, this Act provides for the furtherance of proper segregation, collection and transport, recycling, and composting of wastes in the Philippines.  Article 6 of RA 9003 promulgates the guidelines for a comprehensive waste management strategy including but not limited to: Prohibition of open dumps, Requiring a permit for solid waste management facility construction and expansion, Guidelines for controlled dumps, and Criteria for siting, establishment, and operations of sanitary landfills in the country.

The RA 9003 defines solid waste management as "the discipline associated with the control of generation, storage, collection, transfer and transport, processing, and disposal of solid wastes." The same policy mandates the establishment of solid waste management (SWM) plans and sets the guidelines for solid waste-related activities such as collection, transport, and disposal.

Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act 9003

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Short Title: Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004.

Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 (Republic Act No. 9275)

An Act To Direct The Use of Biofuels, Establishing for this Purpose the Biofuel Program, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and For Other Purposes

Short Title: Biofuels Act of 2006

An Act Mainstreaming Climate Change Into Government Policy Formulations, Establishing The Framework Strategy and Program on Climate Change, Creating For This Purpose The Climate Change Commission, and For Other Purposes

In light of the climate vulnerability of the Philippines and its people, the Climate Change Act of 2009 integrates  climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies into policy formulation and development activities of all government agencies.  It also created the Climate Change Commission, chaired by the President of the Philippines, as the central entity for all climate change-related plans and programs in the country.

Short Title: Climate Change Act of 2009

An Act Strengthening the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management System,  Providing For The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework and Institutionalizing the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan, Appropriating Funds Therefor And For Other Purposes.

Short Title: Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010

Guidelines Governing Waste-to-Energy (WtE) Facilities For The Integrated Management Of Municipal Solid Wastes