SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Thursday denied allegations that the freeport is being used as a dumping ground for toxic electronic waste from the United States, insisting that imported materials are legally brought in for recycling and are subject to strict government monitoring.
“There is no dumping of toxic materials in Subic Bay. That can be easily proven,” said Amethya Dela Llana, SBMA officer in charge senior deputy administrator for the regulatory group and deputy administrator for public health.
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Dela Llana was responding to claims made by environmental groups during a press conference in Manila that at least 234 containers of suspected electronic waste and one container of plastic waste from the United States had entered the freeport since March.
