Prohibited Acts Fine/ Penalty
(section 48 of RA 9003) per Section 49 of RA 9003
300-1,000 or imprisonment of 1-15
(3) The open burning of solid waste;
days or both
(4) Causing or permitting the collection of non- 1,000-3,000 or imprisonment of 15
segregated or unsorted waste; days to 6 months or both
1,000-3,000 or imprisonment of 15
(5) Squatting in open dumps and landfills;
days to 6 months or both
(6) Open dumping, burying of biodegradable or non- 1,000-3,000 or imprisonment of 15
biodegradable materials in flood-prone areas; days to 6 months or both
(7) Unauthorized removal of recyclable material 1,000-3,000 or imprisonment of 15
intended for collection by authorized persons; days to 6 months or both
(8) The mixing of source-separated recyclable
first offense: 500,000 plus 5-10% of
material with other solid waste in any vehicle,
net annual income in the previous
box, container or receptacle used in solid waste
year
collection or disposal;
first offense: 500,000 plus 5-10% of
net annual income in the previous
(9) Establishment or operation of open dumps as year
enjoined in this Act, or closure of said dumps in
violation of Sec. 37 second or subsequent violation:
additional penalty of imprisonment
of 1-3 years
first offense: 500,000 plus 5-10% of
net annual income in the previous
year
(10) The manufacture, distribution or use of non-
environmentally acceptable packaging materials;
second or subsequent violation:
additional penalty of imprisonment
of 1-3 years
first offense: 500,000 plus 5-10% of
(11) Importation of consumer products packaged in
net annual income in the previous
non-environmentally acceptable materials
year
(12) Importation of toxic wastes misrepresented as 10,000-20,000 or imprisonment of
“recyclable” or “with recyclable content” 30 days to 3 years or both
(13) Transport and dumping in bulk of collected
domestic, industrial, commercial and institutional 10,000-20,000 or imprisonment of
wastes in areas other than centers or facilities 30 days to 3 years or both
prescribed under this Act;
(14) Site preparation, construction, expansion or
operation of waste management facilities without
an Environmental Compliance Certificate 100,000-1,000,000 or imprisonment
required pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1586 of 1-6 years or both
and this Act and not conforming with the land use
plan of the LGU;
(15) The construction of any establishment within two
100,000-1,000,000 or imprisonment
hundred (200) meters from open dumps or
of 1-6 years or both
controlled dumps, or sanitary landfills; and
(16) The construction or operation of landfills or any
waste disposal facility on any aquifer, 100,000-1,000,000 or imprisonment
groundwater reservoir or watershed area and or of 1-6 years or both
any portions thereof.
> first offense: 5,000,000-
(17) No registration of EPR programs by an obliged
10,000,000
enterprise or PRO with the NSWMC
> second offense: 10,000,000-
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