Anti-Littering CampaignManila
■ Overview
The Anti-Littering Law is MMDA Regulation No. 96-009 entitled, "PROHIBITING LITTERING/DUMPING/THROWING OF GARBAGE, RUBBISH OR ANY KIND OF WASTE IN OPEN OR PUBLIC PLACES, AND REQUIRING ALL OWNER'S, LESSEES, OCCUPANTS OF RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, WHETHER PRIVATE OR PUBLIC TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE CLEANLINESS OF THEIR FRONTAGE AND IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF", which was enacted into law by the Metro Manila Council on the 22nd Day of August, 1996. The regulation was amended on May 6, 1999 by MMDA Regulation No. 99-006.
■ Period of Implementation
- The law originally took effect on September 15, 1996. But its implementation was suspended last August 2002. The law was again vigorously implemented in Metro Manila last September 16, 2010 up to present.
■ Features
- The MMDA deputized Environmental Enforcers monitoring the major thoroughfares of Metro Manila. These Environmental Enforcers (EE) are in their mint green polo-shirt uniform (with MMDA logo), with identification cards (both employee ID and Deputation ID) clearly visible and displayed. They are in charge of issuing Environmental Violation Receipts (EVR) to persons caught violating the Anti-Littering Law. The EE's ID contains a written Deputation Order, stating the name and deputation number of the EE, his authority to issue EVRs, and until when the order is effective.
■ Outcomes / Achievements
- From September 16, 2010 to March 31, 2011, a total of 35,919 violators have been apprehended by the Agency’s environmental Enforcers.
The Agency has already gained a revenue amounting to a total of P2,705,500 from the EVR’s settled through cash payment. Meanwhile, violators who chose to settle their apprehensions through rendering community service has reached an amount equivalent to P196, 500.
- The penalties for violating the provisions of the Anti-Littering law, according to the nature of offenses, are as follows:
| Code |
Nature of Offense |
Option 1 (Payment of Fines) |
Option 2 (Render Community Service) |
| 01 |
Littering, Illegal dumping, Illegal disposal of garbage |
P500.00 |
8 hours (1 day) |
| 02 |
Urinating, defecating, spitting in a public place |
P500.00 |
8 hours (1 day) |
| 03 |
Dirty frontage and immediate surroundings for establishment owners |
P1000.0 |
16 hours (2 days) |
| 04 |
Improper and untimely stacking of garbage outside residence or establishment |
P500.00 |
8 hours (1 day) |
| 05 |
Obstruction (any dilapidated appliance, vehicle, and etc., display of merchandise, illegal structure along sidewalk) |
P1000.0 |
16 hours (2 days) |
| 06 |
Dirty public utility vehicles, or no trash can or receptacle |
P500.00 |
8 hours (1 day) |
| 07 |
Spilling, scattering, littering of wastes by public utility vehicles |
P500.00 |
8 hours (1 day) |
| 08 |
Illegal posting or installed signage, billboards, posters, streamers and movie ads., etc. |
P1000.0 |
16 hours (2 days) |
Upon apprehension, a violator will be given an option to either pay the fine, or to render community service.
For payment of fines or rendering of Community Service, the following procedures should be observed:
Option 1 (Payment)
1. Report to MMDA HPSEPO for Order of Payment of the charged Administrative Fine
according to the nature of offense committed.
2. Go to the MMDA Treasury Operations Service for the payment of fine
3. Submit the initial receipt to HPSEPO for clearance and documentation
Option 2 (Community Service)
4. Report to MMDA HPSEPO for proper orientation on the Environmental
Regulations Schedule and Instruction
5. Render Community Service
6. Go to HPSEPO for clearance and issuance of Certificate of Compliance
If you feel your EVR was issued without any legal basis or in violation of the protocol, you may contest by going to the MMDA-HPSEPO Adjudication Office. (7th floor MMDA Main Bldg. EDSA cor. Orense St. Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City) to fill-up the protest form indicating all relevant details regarding your complaint, within 1 week (7 days) after the receipt of the apprehension.
■ Cost
■ Inquiries
- Health, Public Safety & Environmental Protection Office (HPSEPO),
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
7th floor MMDA Main Bldg.
EDSA cor. Orense St. Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City
(Tel) +63-882-0870 or 882-4151
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