The 3rd Integrated Waste Management Expo and Environment
Summit is happening on August 10-12, 2017 at SMX Aura, Taguig City. An
initiative of the DENR - Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), the Expo aims
to raise the bar of environmental awareness of consumers and beef up efforts in
solving the rising problem of solid waste in Metro Manila and other urban areas
in provinces across the country.
The 3rd Integrated Waste Management Expo and Environment
Summit is open to the public, including government agencies and non-government
organizations. The Expo offers various activities like forums, talks and
workshops that bear interesting topics on environmental protection, renewable
energy, sustainable livelihood, and updates on consumer goods that help save
the earth.
The Expo aspires to heighten a proactive awareness on
issues that bear upon the environment and its ecological well-being. The
ever-rising mountains of trash in our landfills, our rivers, waterways, and
seas, is a serious matter of concern that has stared us in the eye for decades.
Good laws have been passed, government efforts on
alleviating garbage problems in Metro Manila and major urban centers across the
country have seen improvements since R.A. 9003 or the “Ecological Solid Waste Management Act” was put in motion in 2000. Amazingly, seventeen years
later, we are still in neck-deep sea of rubbish. Major gaps cry out to be
filled because the solution lies not only on laws or government effort, but at
the source of waste itself — the consumers.
The Expo hopes to boost efforts in promoting a deeper
commitment among Filipinos in every household, business establishments, and
institutions in achieving positive social and environmental impact. Visitors
will gain invaluable information, instruction, and insight on eco-friendly
solutions that is practical, cost-efficient and sustainable.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle — the global battle cry for the
environment resonates. Redesigning resource life cycles so that all products
are reused, imitating nature’s
sustainable cycles, would mean no trash is sent to landfills and incinerators —
no more air pollution, no more water contamination. Changing our consumer
lifestyles and practices is the solution to making this vision possible.
We can bring about positive change if we work together
as a nation — for the environment, for the country, for every Filipino. We hold
the key.
The 3rd Integrated Ecological Waste
Management Expo and Environment Summit is organized by DENR - Environmental
Management Bureau in partnership with Department of Interior and Local
Government, Metro Manila Development Authority, Philippine Information Agency,
Quezon City and Taguig City.
Admission is free. For online registration, kindly
visit environmentsummit.ph
