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June 10, 2021 | 8:35 pm
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WASTE management has been simply dumped on the shoulders of local government units (LGUs) while they lack resources, resulting in the poor implementation of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, a Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) report said.
âCommunities are passive. Barangays are heavily dependent on cities and municipal governments,â Sonny N. Domingo, one of the authors of the report, said at a webinar on Thursday.
âBarangays are also given so much in terms of mandate and responsibility, but they are the least empowered in terms of capacity and resource.â
The report undertaken with Arvie Joy A. Manejar looked into the implementation of Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 through case studies.