Environmental Management Bureau-Region 1 Director Maria Dorica Naz-Hipe (7th from left) receives the Environmental Awards for Governance and Leadership
GARBAGE BUSTER MASCOT. 'Pinas: The Basura Buster' mascot poses for the attendees of the region wide launch of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources solid waste management advocacy campaign on Thursday (March 24, 2022). An Android-based mobile gaming application was also launched. (Photo courtesy of John Mark Mangapot) CALASIAO, Pangasinan - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) launched on Thursday a mobile gaming application and a mascot to strengthen awareness and implementation of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act among young people. In an interview, Environmental Management Bureau Ilocos regional director Maria Dorica Naz-Hipe said the Android-based mobile gaming app was designed by DENR for children aged five to eight, especially since they are usually at home. "They would be able to play with the guidance of their parents. It is both instructional and educational for them to imbibe segregation. For them to learn how to segre
Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has reissued a closure order against a sanitary landfill facility in Urdaneta City in the province of Pangasinan for violation of Republic Act 9275 or the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 and RA 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu said the issuance of cease and desist order (CDO) to the Urdaneta City engineered sanitary landfill is the DENR's continuing commitment to make sure that RA 9275 and RA 9003 are strictly enforced. "We are on our way towards changing the psyche of the Filipino people when it comes to solid waste management. The success of the enforcement operations is a crucial part of this gargantuan endeavor," Cimatu said in a news release on Sunday. DENR-Environmental Law Enforcement and Protection Service (ELEPS) Intelligence Operations team leader Rogelio Demelletes Jr. said the sani
For the second time this year, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has re-issued a closure order against a sanitary landfill facility in Urdaneta City in Pangasinan. This is for violation of Republic Act (RA) 9275 or the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004, and RA 9003 or the
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THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has closed an 18,000-square meter sanitary landfill in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan on Friday, after the facility failed to address its violations within the deadline set for it.
In a statement issued over the weekend, the DENR said that its Region 1 Director Maria Dorica Naz-Hipe and local environment officials served the cease-and-desist order (CDO) on the sanitary landfill in Barangay Catablan.
In January, the Urdaneta landfill received two CDOs for violating the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act and the Philippine Clean Water Act. The landfill had until February to improve its facilities by “adding a water treatment facility, siphoning garbage seepage and identifying a new ideal cell, among others,” DENR Solid Waste Management and Local Government Units Concerns Benny D. Antiporda said.