Philippines Orders Landfills to Submit Fire Contingency Plans
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the Philippines has mandated sanitary landfills to submit fire contingency and emergency plans, citing increased environmental risks from extreme heat and disasters.
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Submit response plans, landfill operators told
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ordered all sanitary landfill operators to submit contingency plans outlining emergency response measures two weeks after a landfill fire broke out in Navotas City. In a memorandum dated April 22 and made public on Sunday, the agency’s Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) directed its regional
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