Our thoughts are with those affected by this disaster. This incident is reminiscent of what happened in Payatas 25 years ago.

Movement for a Livable Cebu executive director Joel Lee says that while LGUs have made solid waste management plans, too many remain just blueprints without action ...

Management of solid wastes and sewage are the subject of Chapter 21 of Agenda 21, which recognized that "environmentally sound management of wastes was among the environmental issues of major concern ...

BAN Toxics, an environmental justice group, has called for a comprehensive review and stricter implementation of Republic Act ...

Vol. 25, No. 1, The Environment, Climate Change, and Natural Resources in Southeast Asia: Issues and Challenges (April 2008), pp. 70-84 (15 pages) Using a participatory approach, this study looks at ...

As the Philippines observes National Zero Waste Month this January, Senator Loren Legarda stood firm in her call for a ...

Quezon City, Philippines – The Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management Project (HCWM Project) concluded a three-day national workshop today, ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is working on formally integrating informal waste workers in the government's solid waste management system. Informal ...

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA, Philippines — Many Filipinos know San Fernando, Pampanga province, as the Christmas capital of the Philippines—a title held dear by its over 300,000 residents. But for ...