The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) yesterday called for cooperation among all stakeholders and the public in solving the country’s perennial garbage problem, especially in Metro Manila. “Solid waste management is not the government’s responsibility alone, it is everyone’s business,” DENR Undersecretary for Solid Waste Management and Local Government Units Concerns Benny Antiporda said. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu earlier said the country, particularly Metro Manila, “is in the middle of a garbage crisis.” Without concerted efforts, the situation threatens to get worse, said Antiporda, who also chairs the National Solid Waste Management Commission.

Flores, H. (2019, December 9). DENR calls for concerted efforts to end garbage crisis. The Philippine Star, p. 4.