Manage your solid waste well and earn a prize

MANILA, Philippines - Metro Manila produces over 6.4-million kilograms of garbage every day, according to the National Solid Waste Management Commission secretariat based at the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB).

Unmanaged domestic, commercial and industrial wastes contribute to environmental pollution and threaten human health.

Business establishments can contribute to managing the waste problem by applying innovative and practical ecological solid waste management (ESWM) practices.

The Zero Basura Olympics (ZBO) for Business 2009 calls on businesses nationwide to showcase their good practices in waste management. ZBO is a venue for companies to present and be recognized for their green efforts.

Philippine-registered companies may submit entries on all or any of the five categories, namely, Waste Segregation, Reduction, Re-use/Recycling, Composting, and Green technology for residual waste.

Interested companies may register by emailing [email protected]. Deadline is Sept. 30, 2009.

The organizers are Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), Philippine Business for the Environment and Earth Day Network Philippines, Inc., with the support of the Pollution Control Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PCAPI), Association of Safety Practitioners of the Philippines, Inc.

ZBO was created to support the implementation of ESWM Act 2000, a comprehensive law that creates mechanisms and incentives to address the country’s garbage problem.

For more information, contact: PBSP Foundation Affairs Unit, Philippine Social Development Center, Magallanes cor. Real Sts., Intramuros, 1002 Manila. tel: 527-7741 to 48 Fax: 527-3743 Email: [email protected] www.pbsp.org.ph