SENATOR Risa Hontiveros has called for a Senate investigation into the Philippines’ garbage management system after a ...

Lenny* recalled freezing when he saw the first heap of garbage collapse underneath the feet of his fellow scavengers on the ...

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is working with the World Bank Group and local government units for the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is working on formally integrating informal waste workers in the government's solid waste management system. Informal ...

A massive trash slide struck the Rizal Provincial Sanitary Landfill (RPSL) on February 20, 2026, in Barangay San Isidro, Rodriguez, Rizal, resulting in at ...

Amid Cebu City’s lingering garbage disposal problem and repeated findings from the Commission on Audit  over weak solid waste management practices and the lack of operational materials recovery ...

Lawmakers on Wednesday warned that Metro Manila’s flooding problem will persist unless its “worst in the world” solid waste management system is fixed, identifying garbage as the primary cause.

THE PHILIPPINES is seeking funding from the World Bank for a water, sanitation, and solid waste management project, the bank said. The Philippines Accelerated Water and Sanitation Project is targeted ...

The move comes at the heels of recent trash slides in the provinces of Rizal and Cebu, which have intensified scrutiny of the country’s landfill‑dependent waste system.