Implementation and financing of solid waste management in the Philippines
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2005
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EEPSEA, Singapore, SG
Abstract
This report looks at the implementation and financing of solid
waste management in the Philippines. It assesses how much it costs
forty-one local government units (LGUs) around the country to
provide solid waste management services. It also looks at how
much revenue these LGUs, and other private waste contractors and
operatives, get from supplying these services.
The research was carried out in response to a growing solid waste
management crisis in the Philippines and legislation that requires
LGUs to change their practices. Its main aim was to get
information to help LGUs properly finance and implement the
government’s latest waste management policies and law.
The report finds that there is generally a substantial “fiscal gap”
between the amount of money needed for waste management and
the amount of revenue obtained by LGUs from providing waste
management services. However, when the total economic benefits
of providing these services were considered (these included the
revenues obtained by LGUs, earnings made by other parties and
savings from avoided landfill costs), it was found that some LGUs
enjoyed positive net benefits. If LGUs could exploit as many
potential revenue streams as possible, they could narrow their
SWM fiscal gap or even go ‘into the black’.
The study highlights a number of possible strategies that could be
used to improve the financing of solid waste management. These
included finding alternatives to expensive private contractors and
looking into recycling as a revenue-generating activity.
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INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, SOLID WASTES, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WASTE MINIMIZATION, ECONOMIC ASPECTS, FINANCING, PHILIPPINES