Groups want DENR to scrap waste-to-energy order

ENVIRONMENT groups and people's organizations on Thursday filed a petition calling on the Supreme Court to nullify Department of Environment and Natural Resources' guidelines governing WtE (waste-to-energy) facilities for the integrated management of municipal solid waste, arguing the grave health, environmental and the economic impacts of WtE technologies and facilities.

Represented by lawyers from the Philippine Earth Justice Center, the petitioners argue, among others, that Department Administrative Order 2019-21 (DAO 2019-21) is an "invalid" administrative order that will result in grave violations of the people's right to health and the right to a balanced and healthful ecology under the Constitution.