b. For the Barangay Governments of Urbiztondo, waste disposal system or environmental management systems and services related to general hygiene and sanitation, pursuant to Section 17 (b)(2)(vi); and, collection of non-recyclable materials and special wastes, pursuant to Section 10 of RA 9003;
c. For the Barangay Government of Urbiztondo, enforcement of RA 9003, an act providing for a solid waste management program; and enforcement of pollution control laws and other laws on protection of the environment pursuant to Section 17(b)(2)(ii); and
d. For the Municipal Governments of Urbiztondo, all the services and facilities of the municipality. The type of wastes covered under this code include household wastes, commercial industrial wastes, farm-agricultural wastes, institutional wastes, and miscellaneous and specialized wastes, such as residues of sewage treatment plants, ash from incinerators, residues from combustion, street sweepings, debris caused by disasters and dead animals. The general principle is to establish a solid waste management system that promotes waste reduction, segregation, reusing, recycling, recovery and composting to ensure the proper segregation, collection, transport, storage, treatment, and disposal of solid waste through the formulation and adoption of the best environmental practices.
Sec. 2. Governing Laws. The initiatives of the Municipal Government on Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM) shall be consistent with existing national laws, namely:
a. Republic Act 9003, an act providing for a solid waste management program, creating the necessary institutional mechanisms and incentives, declaring certain acts prohibited and providing penalties, appropriating funds therefore and for other purposes.
b. Presidential Decree 825, otherwise known as the Garbage Disposal Law of 1975, prohibiting littering in public places and making it the responsibility of residents, institutions and commercial and industrial establishments to clean their surroundings, including streets and canals adjacent to their properties. It further provides for penalties for the improper disposal garbage and other forms of uncleanness.
c. Presidential Decree 856, otherwise known as the Code of Sanitation of the Philippines, prescribing requirements for refuse collection and disposal system by food establishments in cities and municipalities.
d. Republic Act 6969, also known as the Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Act of 1990.
e. Republic Act 7160, also known as the Local Government Code of 1991 which provides for the devolution of certain environmental powers and responsibilities to the local government units, including the preparation and enforcement of their respective waste management programs.
f. Section 2238, of the Revised Philippine Environment Code which stipulates the general powers of city and municipal councils to enact ordinances and make such regulations on health and safety for the comfort and convenience of the community and the protection of property therein.
g. Republic Act 6957, as amended by RA 7718 (Build-Operate-Transfer Law) which provides that infrastructure and development projects normally financed and operated by the public sector, such as that for waste management, may be wholly or partially implemented by the private sector.
h. Republic Act No. 9275 or the Phil. Clean Water Act of 2004
i. Republic Act No. 10068 (An Act Providing for the Development and Promotion of Organic Agriculture in the Philippines)
