Are there any programs and projects being initiated by the National Solid Waste Management Commission?
Since the enactment of RA 9003, the Commission has engineered programs and projects that would raise, among Filipinos, consciousness on the proper practice of solid waste management. A Nationwide Search for Model Barangays on Ecological Waste Management System is now on its second round of implementation, to recognize, reward, support, and help ensure the sustainability of existing ecological solid waste management programs among local government units. This was almost synonymous to a kick-off for an LGU-wide implementation of the Ecological Solid Waste Management System. At present, the Commission is full gear on targeting the implementation of the Ecological Solid Waste Management System on a LGU-wide scale to perform as models in their respective provinces, to be duplicated by other LGUs. The Commission is currently targeting 48 LGUs to serve as models, six from Metro Manila, and 42 others from fifteen regions. Other programs being spearheaded by the Commission, in coordination and
