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TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol (PIA) -- Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado has reconstituted and expanded the Bohol Provincial Ecological Solid Waste Management Board (PESWMB) through Executive Order No. 38, Series of 2025, signed Dec. 26, 2025. The order widens the boards membership and functions, bringing together town and city mayors, congressional district representatives, heads of provincial offices, national government agency (NGA) officials, academia, non-government organizations, and representatives from the business and recycling sectors. Aumentado chairs the reconstituted board. Co-chairs are Jose Cleo Cary Colis and Francis Bernard Batoy. With its expanded multi-sectoral composition, the PESWMB is tasked to develop a provincial ecological solid waste management plan, built on submitted municipal plans, to ensure an integrated approach that the entire province can implement. This inclusive approach ensures that our waste management policies are grounded in the realities of the local economy and the recycling industry, said Sangguniang Panlalawigan Committee on Environment Chair Board Member Jiselle Rae Villamor. By integrating the private sector and local junk shops directly into our planning, we are creating a more viable and sustainable circular economy for every Boholano, she said. These strengthened waste management protocols also serve as a vital pillar in maintaining the UNESCO Global Geopark designation of the Province of Bohol, ensuring we preserve our unique geological heritage through responsible environmental stewardship. Expanded TWG Supporting the board is the PESWM Technical Working Group (TWG), composed of the Environment Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), heads of the departments of Education, Local Government, Information, Health, Engineering, Planning and Development, Environment Management, Youth Development, General Services, and Business, as well as the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Committee on Environment and Natural Resources chair, CENRO Tagbilaran and Talibon, and waste management officers from Alburquerque and Tagbilaran City. According to Environment Management Officer Jovencia Ganub, the TWGs responsibilities include gathering information on best practices from local government units (LGUs) and organizations, formulating strategic action programs based on multi-sectoral consensus, recommending policy actions, setting timelines for key tasks, drafting enabling ordinances, and developing promotional campaigns. The TWG is also responsible for managing training programs to build its own capabilities and those of the board, and for reviewing the PESWM Plan to ensure its sustainability, effectiveness, and relevance. The TWG is also tasked to monitor and evaluate current provincial and municipal solid waste practices, programs, and policies, and to facilitate LGUs clustering to address shared solid waste management challenges. For the preservation of Bohols natural ecosystems, the PESWMB may also recommend safeguards against pollution and develop an incentive scheme as part of the provincial solid waste management plan, Ganub said. The Metro Tagbilaran cluster of towns served by the Alburquerque Sanitary Landfill has become a model for solid waste management in the province and is among the arrangements the TWG seeks to replicate across other LGU clusters. (RAHC/PIA Bohol)
