Policies

Public awareness through the involvement of non-government organizations and SMEs are very active as far environmental issues are concerned;
Implementation of projects/programs on industrial waste management: a. Demonstration of the Viability and Removal of Barriers that Impede Adoption and Successful Implementation of Available Non-Combustion Technologies for Destroying Persistent Organic Pollutants, a UNIDO/GEF-supported project that will introduce and apply a non-combustion technology to destroy significant obsolete polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) wastes. The project objective is to deploy a commercially available, proven non-combustion technology to address 1,500 tons of PCB-containing equipment and wastes in the Philippines;
Promotion of the Philippine Environmental Partnership program (PEPP).
 
Legislation

Presidential Decree 984: Pollution Control Law of 1976;
Presidential Decree 1586: Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) System;
Republic Act 6969; Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990;
Republic Act 8749: Clean Air Act of 1999;
Republic Act 9003: Solid Waste Management Act of 2000;
Republic Act 9275: Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004.
 
Industry

Implementation of waste minimization program and operation of an Environmental Management System (EMS);
Compliance to Republic Act 6969 and its implementing rules and regulations.