DENR considering actions vs. Rizal landfill operator after trash slide

LUCENA CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is eyeing the issuance of a “Kalikasan Order” against the operator of a sanitary landfill in Rodriguez, Rizal, following a trash slide that reportedly killed one person and left two others missing on Friday, Feb. 22. In a statement sent to the Inquirer on Monday afternoon, Nilo Tamoria, regional director of DENR-Region IV-A, said the DENR central office’s legal division had been evaluating the possibility of issuing the administrative order against International Solid Waste Integrated Management Specialist Inc. (ISWIMS), the private operator of the landfill in Barangay San Isidro. […]... Keep on reading: DENR considering actions vs. Rizal landfill operator after trash slide