MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has passed a bill seeking to ban waste imports. Drilon filed Senate Bill No. 18 or the “Waste Importation Ban Act of 2019” which bans all waste, including recyclable materials, from being shipped to the country. 18 which will ban the importation of waste into our country,” Drilon told reporters Monday in an interview at the Senate. 6969 or the Toxic Substances and Nuclear Wastes Control Act and Republic Act No.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 08, 2019 09:56 UTC