Memorandum Order No. 36




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Memorandum Order No. 36, October 13, 2001 ] CREATING THE ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OFFICE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT There shall be an Ecological Solid Waste Management Office (Eco-Waste Office) in the Office of the President which shall have the primary responsibility for drawing-up, overseeing and enforcing programs and guidelines relating to the ecological solid waste management within the Office of the President. The Eco-Waste Office shall likewise establish a cooperative effort, in the area of solid waste management among the concerned entities within the Palace complex (e.g. Office of the Press Secretary, Presidential Management Staff, Presidential Security Group, etc.) By virtue of the creation of the Eco-Waste Office, Director Priscilla Teehankee-Gamboa is hereby appointed as head of said Office and Chairman of the Save Mother Earth Committee (SMEC). The SMEC shall assist and complement the environmental and health-related initiatives or endeavors and serve as support mechanism to ensure the over-all success of the Eco-Waste Office.1aшphi1 The SMEC shall retain, except for the incumbent Chairman who shall instead be a co-Chairman, its original roster of officers and members and is hereby directed to coordinate with and submit its programs, projects and activities particularly those pertinent to ecological solid waste management to the Eco-Waste Office. By authority of the President: (Sgd.) AVELINO J. CRUZ, JR. OIC, Office of the Executive Secretary October 13, 2001 The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation