a. Ensure compliance with RA 9003 or Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, the overall principle of which is that all waste should be brought to where they can be converted into resources;
b. Reduce land-based pollution by cutting back on waste generation;
c. Implement environmentally sound management and disposal of toxic and hazardous waste, including electronic waste ("e-waste");
d. Immediately close or rehabilitate dumpsites and waste disposal facilities in environmentally critical areas;
e. Publish the list of nonenvironmentally acceptable packaging and products;
f. Regulate or ban consumer products containing chemicals of concerns;
g. Promote clean production and extended producer responsibility as part of corporate social responsibility;
h. Institute healthcare waste management systems in health facilities by investing in training and communications; encourage schools to include healthcare waste management processes in their technical curricula;
i. Engage LGUs in PPP options and financial schemes for the establishment of large-scale waste treatment technologies; BOT projects for cooperative waste treatment facilities and sanitary landfills are viable options;
j. Promote private sector research, development and manufacture of nonmercury-based devices and technologies used in health facilities and for health care; and
k. Encourage the development and manufacture of local waste-treatment technology and ensure their availability in the market.
Specific strategies, programs and projects as well as activities on the hard components of waste management are discussed in detail in Chapter 4, Accelerating Infrastructure Development.