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"Our mandate is clear: protect and secure the environment," he said.


Speaking during turnover ceremonies with his predecessor, Michael Defensor who is now President Arroyo’s chief of staff, Reyes said the environment is the country’s life support system.


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Michael Linfield, ADB senior housing specialist for the social sector division of ADB Southeast Asia, noted in a report that the Payatas dump has shown remarkable improvement in its operation in the past six months.


The Linfield report will be formally endorsed to the ADB board for evaluation.


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                    [Title] => Pact forged on QC garbage utilization
                    [Summary] => From "nuisance garbage" to quality cement.


This was the gist of a memorandum of agreement signed yesterday by Quezon City government and Union Cement Corp. (UCC) in the collection, transport and processing of tires found in garbage piles at the controlled Payatas controlled dump.


Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. turned over to Paul O’Callaghan, UCC chief operating officer, a spare tire in a symbolic kickoff the start of the project, which is in compliance with the Ecological Solid Management Act and the new Clean Air Act.


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ECOLOGICAL SOLID MANAGEMENT ACT

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"Our mandate is clear: protect and secure the environment," he said.


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DENR chief vows to end degradation of environment

By Perseus Echeminada | February 16, 2006 - 12:00am

Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes vowed yesterday to put an end to the degradation of the environment and ensure responsible exploration and development of the country’s natural resources. "Our mandate...

Headlines

ADB exec cites QC waste management system

By Perseus Echeminada | July 17, 2004 - 12:00am

A senior official of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has commended the Quezon City government for transforming the Payatas open dump into a controlled facility, describing it as an environmentally acceptable waste...

Metro

Pact forged on QC garbage utilization

November 18, 2003 - 12:00am

From "nuisance garbage" to quality cement. This was the gist of a memorandum of agreement signed yesterday by Quezon City government and Union Cement Corp. (UCC) in the collection, transport and processing...

Metro