Environment
Water rights program attracts fairly large private developer interest
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Tuesday bared more than 60 letters of interest from private investors looking to exploit the first batch of water rights that should benefit 78 of the country's local government units (LGUs). A total 135 such rights are up for grabs under the initial batch.
NASA flies aircraft at low-altitude over Manila for air quality study
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Wednesday said the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is flying a DC-8 aircraft at low-altitude over urban Manila to study air quality in the Philippines and other Asian nations.
Maynilad building fences, non-load-bearing structures from septic waste
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. is converting biosolids, which are by-products of the septage treatment process, into lightweight, cement-like materials called bio-bricks as substitute for ordinary hollow blocks.
One Meralco Foundation plants 125,000 mangroves in Siargao
One Meralco Foundation (OMF), the social development arm of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), celebrates this year’s World Wetlands Day by planting and nurturing 125,000 native mangroves in Del Carmen in Siargao Islands, Surigao Del Norte.
First automated materials recovery facility launched in Cebu
Prime Integrated Waste Solutions Inc. (PWS) has inaugurated the country’s first automated materials recovery facility (MRF) in Cebu that uses state-of-the-art equipment for waste segregation and storage.
