PEZA Holds Stakeholder Roundtable on Solid Waste Management
 On 10 March 2005, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority,
with the assistance of the National Solid Waste Management
Commission
(NSWMC) and German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), organized
a Stakeholder Roundtable Discussion on the Proposed Guidelines
on Handling and Transport of Economic Zones’ Solid
Wastes, at the Sulo Hotel, Quezon City.
In attendance were officials and representatives from the
National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC), League
of Provinces
and Municipalities, Provincial Government Environmental and
Natural Resources Office (PG-ENRO), Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR), Service Providers, Economic Zone
Enterprises and other stakeholders on economic zone solid waste
management.
The Roundtable was aimed at:
- Formulating measures to address issues and concerns of
economic zone enterprises in complying with provisions
of RA 9003 and
other laws, rules and regulations governing solid waste
management;
- Generating comments and recommendations that will serve
as inputs in the finalization of the Guidelines; and,
- Facilitating better understanding among stakeholders
on the handling and transport of solid wastes from
economic
zones.
A similar stakeholder roundtable was conducted in
Mactan Economic Zone 1 on 23 November 2005,
which focused
mainly on local solid
waste management issues in Lapu-lapu City,
Mactan, Cebu. The Roundtable in Manila tackled policy-level
issues,
using experiences
in Mactan Economic Zones 1 & 2 as examples.
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