DILG chief bats for integrated waste disposal, management

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MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Thursday pushed for amendments to Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local Government Code in a bid to unify waste management programs by region.

During a House of Representatives appropriations committee hearing on his department’s 2027 budget, Remulla explained that RA No. 7160 tasked only municipal and city governments with implementing their respective master plans for garbage collection.

“It is a plan of each and every municipality that is not necessarily integrated,” he said.

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DILG chief bats for integrated waste disposal, management

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