DENR orders landfill operators to submit emergency response plan

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ordered all sanitary landfill operators to submit a contingency plan outlining their emergency response measures nearly two weeks after a landfill fire broke out in Navotas City. In a memorandum dated April 22 and made public on Sunday, the DENR’s Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) directed its regional offices to require all sanitary landfill operators to submit contingency plans covering fire and other emergency incidents within 15 calendar days. The move seeks to ensure that there is “adequate” response to concerns regarding the “rising heat index and the prevalence of fire incidents […]... Keep on reading: DENR orders landfill operators to submit emergency response plan

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