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To: House Committee on Ecology; Members of the House of Representatives
REJECT HOUSE BILL NO. 7575: DEFEND R.A. 9003 AND ADVANCE REAL ZERO WASTE SOLUTIONS
We call on the House Committee on Ecology and the Members of the House of Representatives to reject House Bill No. 7575 and uphold Republic Act No. 9003, otherwise known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.
For more than two decades, R.A. 9003 has provided a framework for reducing waste through segregation, recycling, composting, and community-based waste management. While implementation challenges remain, the solution is not to abandon the law's ecological principles but to fully implement them.
For more than two decades, R.A. 9003 has provided a framework for reducing waste through segregation, recycling, composting, and community-based waste management. While implementation challenges remain, the solution is not to abandon the law's ecological principles but to fully implement them.
House Bill No. 7575 proposes to replace sanitary landfills with waste-to-energy incineration facilities as the country's primary waste disposal system. This shifts the focus away from waste reduction and resource recovery and toward a system that depends on continuously burning waste.
Incineration does not solve the waste crisis. It generates harmful emissions, produces toxic ash that still requires disposal, and undermines efforts to reduce, reuse, recycle, and compost. Incinerators require a constant and massive supply of waste to operate, creating pressure to keep generating and burning waste instead of reducing it. This weakens incentives for local governments to invest in waste reduction programs and undermines efforts to reduce single-use plastics and other problematic materials at the source. Instead of investing in waste burning, the Philippines should strengthen waste segregation, recycling, composting, plastic reduction, and measures that hold companies accountable for the waste they generate.
We urge you to reject House Bill No. 7575, protect public health and the environment, and support genuine zero waste solutions that build a more sustainable and circular future for all.
Why is this important?
The growing waste crisis affects every Filipino. Plastic pollution clogs waterways, contaminates our environment, and places increasing pressure on communities and local governments struggling to manage waste.
Across the country, communities, waste workers, local governments, and environmental advocates have worked for years to promote waste segregation, recycling, composting, and other zero waste solutions. These efforts show that waste can be managed without putting people's health and the environment at risk.
House Bill No. 7575 risks taking us in the wrong direction by promoting waste incineration instead of addressing the root causes of the waste problem. Rather than reducing waste and holding companies accountable for the products and packaging they produce, it creates a system that depends on continuously burning waste.
The Philippines deserves solutions that prevent waste, reduce pollution, conserve resources, and protect communities. By supporting this petition, you are helping defend the intent of R.A. 9003 and calling for solutions that reduce waste at its source, protect public health, and build a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable future for all.
Across the country, communities, waste workers, local governments, and environmental advocates have worked for years to promote waste segregation, recycling, composting, and other zero waste solutions. These efforts show that waste can be managed without putting people's health and the environment at risk.
House Bill No. 7575 risks taking us in the wrong direction by promoting waste incineration instead of addressing the root causes of the waste problem. Rather than reducing waste and holding companies accountable for the products and packaging they produce, it creates a system that depends on continuously burning waste.
The Philippines deserves solutions that prevent waste, reduce pollution, conserve resources, and protect communities. By supporting this petition, you are helping defend the intent of R.A. 9003 and calling for solutions that reduce waste at its source, protect public health, and build a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable future for all.