MANILA —\u00a0The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has lined up more activities for November in observance of the country’s Clean Air Month, aimed at improving air quality nationwide.<\/p>\n
Friday, Nov. 17, is National Check Your Car Day.<\/p>\n
DENR also noted that 50 units of air quality monitoring equipment from the private sector are scheduled for launching on Monday, Nov. 20.<\/p>\n
The planned activities are in line with Proclamation 1109 series of 1997’s air pollution reduction goal.<\/p>\n
Proclamation 1109 declared November as “Clean Air Month Through National Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Consciousness.”<\/p>\n
The proclamation promotes regular maintenance of vehicles, as the DENR identifies the transport sector as a major source of air pollutants.<\/p>\n
“Motorist\u2019s neglect of vehicle maintenance remains a major contributor to the rise in vehicle emission,” Proclamation 1109 notes.<\/p>\n
Proclamation 1109 recognizes that engine malfunctions contribute to excessive pollution but can be corrected through simple vehicle maintenance.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, DENR’s Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) and local group Clean Air Philippines Movement Inc. (CAPMI) launched the Clean Air Patrol program in Metro Manila.<\/p>\n
Such program uses drones of CAPMI members to help monitor air quality and identify pollution sources.<\/p>\n
In 2015, DENR and Coalition of Clean Air Advocates of the Philippines (CCAAP) conducted the second National Check Your Car Day to promote public consciousness focusing on the need to maintain vehicles.<\/p>\n
For that occasion, DENR said CCAAP mobilized over 500 private emission testing centers (PETCs) nationwide.<\/p>\n
Those PETCs provided free vehicle emission tests to volunteered vehicles registered with Land Transportation Office, noted DENR.<\/p>\n
The National Check Your Car Day was launched in 2014.<\/p>\n
EMB also continues to monitor the quality of the country’s air.<\/p>\n
The air quality monitoring stations that the EMB earlier installed nationwide gather data on air pollutants in areas they cover.<\/p>\n
EMB uses the data as inputs for further developing measures aimed at better cleaning the air.<\/p>\n
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