Practice makes perfect for doable solutions to waste management

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared that the fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill was fully extinguished on May 10, 2026, after weeks of continuous response operations involving national agencies, local authorities, and private sector partners. —PHOTO FROM BONGBONG MARCOS FB.

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MANILA, Philippines — For environmental groups, landfill disasters such as the April 10 fire in Navotas point to deeper systemic failures in the country’s waste management.

Kweyn Tagaduar, campaigner for reuse of EcoWaste Coalition, said this crisis shows the “poor implementation” of Republic Act No. 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.

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