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1. What are the classification of pollution sources? Explain each.

Types of Sources

There are four main types of air pollution sources:

mobile sources – such as cars, buses, planes, trucks, and trains.

stationary sources – such as power plants, oil refineries, industrial facilities, and factories.

area sources – such as agricultural areas, cities, and wood burning fireplaces.

natural sources – such as wind-blown dust, wildfires, and volcanoes.

2. What are other pollutants?

Other types of physical pollution include trash and other discarded solids improperly

disposed of on land or at sea. Solid debris can float, be suspended in the water column or sink

depending on its physical characteristics. All can be problematic for marine life. Debris that

sinks can have huge impacts on sensitive ocean floor communities, destroying coral and

entangling wildlife. Discarded fishing nets drift for years, ensnaring fish and mammals, leading

to exhaustion, starvation, and slow death.

3. What Can We Do to Support the Clean Air Act?

For vehicle owners/motorist:

 Maintain your vehicle by changing oil regularly (every 5,000 kilometers).

 Keep the engine well-tuned following the owner’s manual.

 Keep tires properly inflated.

 Remove unnecessary things from the trunk. Don’t overload and travel only at speed

required by traffic regulations and road conditions.

For commuters:

 Try talking to the jeep/bus/tricycle driver about the high health risks of poor vehicle

maintenance and improper driving practices.

 Patronize mass railway transit (i.e., MRT, LRT)

For office workers:

 Reduce use of air conditioning and ensure that rooms are sealed.

 Make sure that lights are energy-efficient.

 Use company vehicles wisely and make sure that they are well-maintained.

 Use natural lighting by opening window curtains at daytime.

At home:

 Use low watt bulbs or energy-saving lights.

 Limit the use of air conditioning units and keep the temperature a few degrees higher.

 Don’t burn garbage.

 Avoid using aerosols.

 Properly dispose of refrigerant, refrigeration equipment, and used coolant.

 For everyone:

 Talk to people on what they can do about air pollution.

 Report smoke-belchers to LTO, MMDA, and/or the appropriate local government units.
  Walk or ride your bike to places.

 Take the bus or mass rail transit whenever you can.

 Work with residential associations to stop burning of garbage.

 Plant trees.

 Spread the word about the ban on smoking in public places.

4. Implementing agencies of clean air act.

Section 34. Lead Agency. - The Department, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be

the primary government agency responsible for the implementation and enforcement of this Act.

To be more effective in this regard, The Department's Environmental Management Bureau

(EMB) shall be converted from a staff bureau to a line bureau for a period of no more than two

(2) years, unless a separate, comprehensive environmental management agency is created.

5. What are Regulations for Industrial Sources of Air Pollution?

Section 51. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Department, in coordination with

the Committees on Environment and Ecology of the Senate and House of Representatives,

respectively and other agencies, shall promulgate the implementing rules and regulations for this

Act, within one (1) year after the enactment of this Act: Provided, That rules and regulations

issued by other government agencies and instrumentalities for the prevention and/or abatement

of pollution not inconsistent with this Act shall supplement the rules and regulations issued by

the Department pursuant to the provisions of this Act.

6. What is ecological solid waste management?

activities which provide for segregation at source, segregated transportation, storage, transfer,

processing, treatment, and disposal of solid waste and all other waste management activities

which do not harm the environment.

7. What are the powers, functions and responsibilities of the National Solid Waste

Management Commission (NSWMC)?

The National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) is the major agency

tasked to implement Republic Act 9003, the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000

The law, signed in January 26, 2001, calls for the institutionalization of a national program that

will manage the control, transfer, transport, processing and disposal of solid waste in the country.

8. Is segregation at source mandatory? Explain.

Source segregation is mandated by local authorities, and households are either penalized

for noncompliance or refused service by the waste management service provider.

9. Is open burning of solid wastes prohibited? Explain.

Yes, open burning of solid wastes is prohibited under Republic Act 9003 because it will

cause air pollution.

10. What are the prohibited acts, fines and penalties under RA 9003?

SECTION 48. Prohibited Acts. — The following acts are prohibited:

 Littering, throwing, dumping of waste matters in public places, such as roads, sidewalks,

canals, esteros or parks, and establishment, or causing or permitting the same.

sanitation operation and other requirements or permits set forth in or established pursuant

to this Act.

 The open burning of solid waste.

 Causing or permitting the collection of non-segregated or unsorted waste.

 Squatting in open dumps and landfills.

 Open dumping, burying of biodegradable or non-biodegradable materials in flood-prone

areas.

 Unauthorized removal of recyclable material intended for collection by authorized

persons;

 The mixing of source-separated recyclable material with other solid waste in any vehicle,

box, container or receptacle used in solid waste collection or disposal.

 Establishment or operation of open dumps as enjoined in this Act, or closure of said

dumps in violation of Sec. 37.

 The manufacture, distribution or use of non-environmentally acceptable packaging

materials.

 Importation of consumer products packaged in non-environmentally acceptable materials.

 Importation of toxic wastes misrepresented as “recyclable” or “with recyclable content.

 Transport and dumping in bulk of collected domestic, industrial, commercial and

institutional wastes in areas other than centers or facilities prescribed under this Act.

 Site preparation, construction, expansion or operation of waste management facilities

without an Environmental Compliance Certificate required pursuant to Presidential

Decree No. 1586 and this Act and not conforming with the land use plan of the LGU.
 The construction of any establishment within two hundred (200) meters from open dumps

or controlled dumps, or sanitary landfills.

 The construction or operation of landfills or any waste disposal facility on any aquifer,

groundwater reservoir or watershed area and or any portions thereof.