Implementation and financing of solid waste management in the Philippines

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dc.contributor.authorSumalde, Zenaida M.
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-27T13:24:56Z
dc.date.available2010-10-27T13:24:56Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
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dc.format.extent1 digital file (68 p. : ill.)en
dc.format.mimetypeApplication/pdf
dc.identifier.isbn1-55250-162-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/44998
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEEPSEA, Singapore, SGen
dc.relation.ispartofEEPSEA research report series / IDRC. Regional Office for Southeast and East Asia, Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia; no. 2005-RR1en
dc.subjectINTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTen
dc.subjectSOLID WASTESen
dc.subjectWASTE MANAGEMENTen
dc.subjectWASTE MINIMIZATIONen
dc.subjectECONOMIC ASPECTSen
dc.subjectFINANCINGen
dc.subjectPHILIPPINESen
dc.titleImplementation and financing of solid waste management in the Philippinesen
dc.typeIDRC Booken
idrc.copyright.holderIDRC
idrc.copyright.oapermissionsourceIDRC is copyright holderen
idrc.dspace.accessOpen Accessen
idrc.project.componentnumber003591062
idrc.project.number003591
idrc.project.titleEEPSEA (Economy and Environment Program for South East Asia) - Phase IIIen
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC PUBLICATIONen
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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