Nuez, J.P. (2010). The Impact of the Municipal Ordinance III. p.33, 2010
Regulating the Use of Plastic Bags and Styrofoam in Los Baos, II. C1 Increase in cost in the household and
Laguna on Business, Household and Local Government. UPLB: business levels
College of Economics and Management (Prcis)
The hardest hit sectors of the ordinance are the grocery stores at Grocery stores have the highest increase in
P 3,412.50 additional expenses monthly. This is due to the fact that cost with almost Php3500 additional monthly
they are the most packaging intensive sector among others. With expenses. Packaging is one of the highest cost
large quantities that shoppers usually purchase in groceries they generating factors in grocery stores since
are compelled to secure not just paper bags but also paper boxes people need to have primary or secondary
which costs 5 pesos on the average. packaging when they buy new products. This is
where paper bags, paper boxes, and plastic
bags come into play (Nuez, 2010).
Nuez, J.P. (2010). The Impact of the Municipal Ordinance III. p.31, 2010
Regulating the Use of Plastic Bags and Styrofoam in Los Baos, II. C1 Increase in cost in the household and
Laguna on Business, Household and Local Government. UPLB: business levels
College of Economics and Management (Prcis)
Based on the survey, 41 respondents or 51% of the entire sample Majority of the constituents stated that
size are experiencing increased cost in its monthly expenditures for commercially available paper bags are more
packaging. They unanimously asserted that paper bags that are expensive than plastic bags, thus increasing
commercially available are much expensive than plastic. There is a their monthly expenditures by almost 50% to
75%.
50% to 75% price differential between the two. Thus the intensity
of usage dictates how big the additional cost they incur.
Republic Act No. 9003, otherwise known as the Ecological Solid An MRF is a facility that prevents waste to be
Waste Management Act of 2000, defines materials recovery directed immediately to disposal without
facility or MRF as a facility designed to receive, sort, process, and finding other means of usage, such as recycling
store compostable and recyclable materials efficiently and in an and re-using. In an MRF, waste is further
environmentally sound manner. segregated to avoid too much waste in the
MRF receives biodegradable waste for composting and mixed non- disposal site (DENR, n.d.).
biodegradable wastes for final segregation, re-use and recycling.
Provided, that each type of mixed waste is collected from the
source and transported to the MRF in separate containers.
Plastics are high value captured energy. Plastics have As stated by the American Chemistry Council,
significantly more captured energy than wood, paper or even coal. the technology of energy recovery is better
Plastics help traditional energy recovery technology work better. when wastes are composed of plastic. Plastic
Because plastics have a higher energy value than other has more captured energy compared to wood
components of municipal solid waste, they help to significantly or paper. Aside from the usual knowledge of
increase the efficiency of the energy recovery process in people about the uses of plastic, it also has
traditional energy from waste facilities. advantages in traditional energy recovery
technology.
Van Vlack, L.H (1975). Elements of Materials Science and II. p. ix Foreword, 1975
Engineering. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. I. A Definitions
(Commentary)
MATERIALS IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS
According to Van Vlack (1975), materials, such
Materials are all about us; they are engrained in our culture and as plastics, have been part of our lives for so
thinking as well as in our very existence. In fact, materials have long. Materials have been an essential tool in
been so intimately related to the emergence and ascent of man our way of living, being the working substance
that they have given names to the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages of of our society.
civilization. Naturally-occurring and manmade materials have
become such an integral part of our lives that we often take them
for granted, and yet materials rank with energy and information as
basic resources of mankind. Materials are, of course, a part of the
matter on the universe, but more specifically they are substances
whose properties make them useful in structures, machines,
devices or products.