Pollution Control Officers (PCOs) of the Campuses and the Golden Lion convened to discuss various agenda in the meeting held on May 10.
PSU President Dr. Elbert M. Galas led the meeting at the Audio-Visual Room of the Main Campus, emphasizing the need for a clean and safe working environment by implementing proper and organized mechanisms in each campus.
“𝐼 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐷𝐸𝑁𝑅-𝐸𝑀𝐵 𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑠. 𝐺𝑎𝑤𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑜 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑢𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑦 𝑛𝑎 𝑚𝑎-𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑡, 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑆𝑈 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦,” 𝐃𝐫. 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝.
President Galas encouraged the officers in the utilization of water refilling station in the nine campuses to support and to promote health protocols among PSUnians.
Focuses of the discussion in the meeting include compliance to DENR or Department of Environment and Natural Resources criteria, accreditation requirements of campus PCOs, creation of technical working committee and refinement of MOAs with the LGUS.
The Head for Waste Management and Pollution Control, Dr. Lina T. Cancino, and the Director for General Services, Dr. Robert G. Sison chaired the said regular meeting alongside Dr. Galas.
PSU, in the promotion of sustainability, gives great efforts in maximizing resources and practices on the talk towards waste management and pollution control benefiting the larger community.