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MANILA, Philippines -- The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has created a unit that will monitor the illegal shipment of hazardous wastes into the country. In a statement Friday, Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero signed Customs MemorandBOC creates unit to monitor illegal entry of hazardous wastes
MANILA, Philippines -- The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has created a unit that will monitor the illegal shipment of hazardous wastes into the country. In a statement Friday, Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero signed Customs Memorandum Order No. 38-2019 which creates the Environmental Protection and Compliance Division (ECPD). The ECPD, which is under the BOC's Enforcement and Security Service, is tasked to handle «the processing of shipments of hazardous substances, waste products, nuclear wastes, recyclable products or substances under the regulatory control of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).» The unit is a...Keep on reading: BOC creates unit to monitor illegal entry of hazardous wastes Read more