Drilon files measure to ban all waste imports, set stiff fines and jail terms for violators 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Mario CasayuranSenate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Saturday called for a total ban on all waste imports and violators may face stiff fines or jail terms of up to 12 years. Drilon said the national government should not allow the Philippines to become the dumpsite of other countries. Under Drilon’s Senate Bill (SB)18, or the Waste Importation Ban Act of 2019, all waste imports, including recyclable materials, will be banned from entering the Philippines. ‘’We must fix our laws that allowed that to happen,” he explained..“We must then prohibit the importation of all kinds of waste or scrap including recyclable materials.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 06, 2019 02:37 UTC