Senator Cynthia A. Villar
Senator Cynthia Villar has been championing campaigns that will protect the environment at the same time provide other benefits to people, communities and even industry sectors. Among which is waste management, which really affects everyone, from households, businesses and the entire communities. It has been her advocacy for decades.
Composting is one of the most effective ways of maintaining healthy soils as it brings back nutrients to the soil. It is recommended by no less than the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO). FAO warned about some agricultural practices such as the use of chemical-laden fertilizer and pesticides that damage and deplete soil’s organic matter that leads to loss of soil fertility and crop damage too. In the Philippines, 38 percent of soil are degraded.