Waste-to-energy law gains steam

As Metro Manila grapples with persistent flooding during the rainy season, the Department of Energy (DOE) is renewing its focus on waste-to-energy (WTE) as a potential solution to both reduce waste and contribute to the country’s energy supply.

- By GABRIELL CHRISTEL GALANG.

Energy Secretary Sharon Garin told reporters that interest in WTE is seeing a resurgence while the WTE Act, or Senate Bill No. 2267, awaits its second reading in the Senate.

“We pushed for it for the last three years. [It’s] approved by the House, and it’s not yet finished with the Senate,” she said on the sidelines of the AmCham 8th Annual Energy Forum. “With what happened with the flooding, I think [the President] is very supportive of this. Hopefully, the WTE law will be done.”