Legarda calls for investigation, audit on implementation of RA 9003

House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda has filed a resolution yesterday to investigate and audit the National Solid Waste Management Commission's (NSWMC) and relevant government agencies on the implementation of Republic Act (RA) No. 9003, otherwise known as the "Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000," which became effective in 2001.

"Despite these legal mandates and budgetary support given in 2016 and 2017 amounting to P1.3 billion, the commission has unjustifiably failed to act on its ministerial function of preparing the list of Neapp (non-environmentally acceptable products and packaging) in the last 20 years," Legarda pointed out in the resolution.