DOST launches environmental verification program

The Philippine Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will start to verify technologies claiming to be nature-friendly through the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program. Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) is the process for developing, conducting, and reporting scientifically objective evaluations of industrial and environmental technologies. “ETV will test anything that deals with environmental protection. It could be emission control, pollution prevention, and those that monitor pollution,” said Reynaldo Esguerra, DOST-Industrial Technology Development Institute supervising science research specialist. (November 12, 2009)