Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Jose Atienza Jr. has withdrawn his promise to revoke the environmental compliance certificate (ECC) issued to San Mateo Sanitary Landfill in Rizal province, saying he is leaving the project’s fate with the local court.
Atienza issued the statement following the cancellation of a 10-day reevaluation of the San [...]
An environment group and local residents of two towns near Metro Manila are opposing the construction of two landfills, which, they claim, are both located in watershed or forest areas.
Environment group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) and local groups from San Mateo town in Rizal province and San Jose del Monte in Bulacan [...]
THE DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has directed an investigation on a new dump site in San Mateo, Rizal province amid complaints by residents and nongovernmental organizations that it is within a protected area.
“I am having it double-checked so that we are able to make a decision on the matter,” Environment Secretary Jose [...]
Concerned communities in San Mateo, Rizal have expressed grave concern on reports of an ongoing and allegedly illegal construction of a new landfill in Barangay Malay.
They warned of a potential ecological catastrophe since it is being constructed within the protected forest zone of San Mateo and the declared Marikina Watershed Reservation Area, threatening underground water [...]
