Proposed Senate Resolution No. 787, 17th Congress

Long Title
RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON RECENT REPORTS THAT THE PHILIPPINES IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTORS OF PLASTIC WASTE TO THE WORLD’S OCEANS, WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF FORMULATING AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, AND CONSTITUTING AND CONVENING THE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CREATED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9003 OR THE ‘ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000’, AND FOR OUR COUNTRY TO TAKE A LARGER ROLE IN REDUCING THE SAME NOT ONLY IN OUR JURISDICTION BUT ALSO AROUND THE WORLD