QuestionsQuestions (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 825)
PD No. 825 (Garbage Disposal Penalty Law) was issued on November 7, 1975, and it took effect immediately.
All citizens and residents; all universities, colleges, schools, and similar institutions; all commercial and industrial establishments (e.g., hotels, restaurants, hospitals, cinemahouses, public markets, department stores, groceries); all public conveyances; all residential houses; and other establishments of any kinds.
They must undertake cleaning of their own surroundings, yards and gardens, and the canals, roads, or streets in their immediate premises.
All garbage, filth, and other waste matters must be placed in proper receptacles for disposition by garbage collectors.
Littering or throwing garbage, filth, or other waste matters in public places such as roads, canals, esteros, or parks.
Imprisonment of not less than 5 days nor more than 1 year, or a fine of not less than ₱100 nor more than ₱2,000, or both, at the discretion of the court or tribunal.
Yes. The penalty under PD 825 is without prejudice to the imposition of a higher penalty under any other law or decree.
The maximum penalty shall be imposed upon the president, manager, director, or persons responsible for its operation.
Owners must keep their idle lots clean to prevent breeding places of mosquitoes, flies, mice, rats, and other scavengers.
The government shall undertake the cleaning of the lots at the expense of the owners.
Through the Barangay Council, it may further utilize the land for its food production program.
The Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications, with the assistance of health officials and local governments concerned.
All provisions of laws, decrees, orders, or regulations inconsistent with PD 825 are amended or modified accordingly.
Implementation is supervised by a national executive department, with health officials and local governments assisting, while barangay mechanisms may be used for idle-lot utilization and governance under Section 3.
Section 1 focuses on affirmative duties to clean and to use proper receptacles on private/covered premises, while Section 2 penalizes the improper act of littering or throwing waste in public places.
Yes. Section 6 states that PD 825 shall take effect immediately.