In celebration of Zero Waste Month, Pinas: The Basura Buster toured around Quirino province to educate youth on ecological solid waste management.

 

More than 1,000 students participated in the environmental roadshow dubbed “Youth for PROper Waste Segregation and Disposal” from the 15 elementary and junior high schools in the municipalities of Diffun, Nagtipunan, and Maddela.

 

The students were taught salient features of Republic Act No. 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 through dalaw-turo approach.

 

Students with special needs and who are members of the Indigenous Peoples also participated in the activity.

"It is important to involve the youth in our climate action to ensure that they will enjoy and sustain a clean and healthy environment. Let us mold the minds of the elementary graders in proper waste segregation and disposal while they are young," said PENR Officer Mariam Frances Malana during the commencement of the activity.

 

Aside from Pinas: The Basura Buster or PBB, information officers Ramon Sanchez, Jennilyn Gatin, and Marideth Joy Wangdale with other field personnel served as the resource persons during the two-week environmental roadshow in the province.

 

Information, education and communication print materials were also distributed to the schools.

 

The activity was initiated by PENR Office Quirino together with CENR Offices of Diffun and Nagtipunan.

PBB which was officially launched in the region last year is the image of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in its ecological solid waste management advocacy campaign.#

 

PENRO Quirino