GARBAGE

What are thrown away

may be
the closest
thing we can come to our
polluting the earth.
Garbage can be easily
touched, seen and
smelled. This growing
accumulation of rubbish
depresses land values,
increase thick, and ruins
health, aesthetics and
necessities of life.

CONT.
Everyday, the people of a limited state
churn out more than 432,000 tons of
garbage. Over 80% of it is carted to
landfills. Around the globe, this
torrent of waste-toxic and non-toxic
has run smack up against the
NIMBY mindset. Not In My

Backyard is a shout heard around

the world. Our garbage problems
worsen because most consumer are
designed for a one night stand.

CITIZENS DIVIDE THEIR DISCARD

INTO FOUR CATEGORIES:
a.
b.
c.
d.

biodegradables/no
n-bioderadables
Combustibles/noncombustibles
Recyclables/nonrecyclables
Hazardous waste

WASTES

CAUSES OF GARBAGE
Effects of throw-away and
disposable society
2. Overpopulation of people on earth
who are responsible for creating lots
of garbage.
3. Overproduction of packaging
materials, bottles, diapers and other
non-degradables materials
1.

CONT.
Overproduction of newspapers,
plastic bags, and containers made
up of styrofoams or polystyrene
foams which are difficult to recycle
5. Lawn clipping make up about a
fifth of all garbage in landfills
6. Medical waste or infectous waste
(red bag) is a growing problem
4.

CONT.

Tires that are designed to last

their durability have become a
big problem.
8. Household wastes, both
degradable and nondegradable, are thrown
everywhere in metro Manila
and other major cities in the
Philippines
7.

EFFECTS OF GARBAGE
1.

2.

A torrent of garbage thrown away

every year-more than 400 million
tons worldwide
Accumulated garbage pile as the
result of a throw away society with
an average garbage composition
35% for paper, 18% yard waste, 13
% food waste, 10% glass, 10 %
metal, 5% plastic, 4 % wood, 3%
textile and 2 % other wastes

CONT.

No available dumpsites. Garbage is

increasing transported to dumpsites
across the city, state and national
borders.
5. The use of an incinerator, an
alternative to landfills, may produce
more pollution, especially the toxic
ash left after burning.
6. Recycling technology is increasingly
practiced around the world.
4.

SOLID WASTE AND ITS

DISPOSAL
1. landfill-a sanitary landfill is designed
to reduce the amount of waste that
leaks out of it into the environment
2. Inceneration-one way to reduce the
volume of waste that must go to the
landfill is to burn it first.
3. Ocean dumping-about 50 million tons
of waste are discharged into the
ocean, 300 kilometers off-shore

DISPOSALS

CONT.
4.
a.
1.
2.
3.

Garbology
Individual action
Reuse the item whenever possible
Encourage source reduction
Precycle. A new concept, it implies
simply that you should consider the
end result of everything you buy
and where it will eventually rest

CONT.

4. Compost the natural degradable

organic wastes
5. Burning anything, from leaves to
paper, creates toxic emissions.
6. Reuse and recycles plastics
7. Reuse returnable and refillable glass
bottles.
8. Buy or shop where you get fruits and
vegetables without plastics wrappings.
9. Wash and reuse plastic and
silverware plate. Use paper plates
instead Styrofoam.

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10. Save paper whenever possible,

reuse paperbags, scrap paper for
notes
11. Carry you own paper or plastic
bags; reuse them many times.
12. Buy durable products like cloth
napkins, silver wares etc.
13. When things break, repair them.
14. Share newspaper and magazines
with others

CONT.

15. Have garage sales or charity

pickups rather than simply throwing
away household goods youve tired of
16. Buy nickle cadmium batteries
17. Consider recycling: encourage
recycled and recyclable goods at work
18. Buy recycled printing and writing
paper
19. Carry your own clean forks, knives,
spoons and plastic straw and cup

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20. Join an opposition to use of

incenerators.
21. Save magazines, styrofoams, etc
childrens arts and crafts

b. Government action:
1.
2.
3.

Recycle should be adopted in

every nation, state and community.
Encourage recycling operations
Deposits laws for bottles and cans
should be mandated in all states

CONT.

4. Garbage collection should be

paid for by userss fees
5. Higher taxes should be
imposed on non-recylced or
disposable products.
6. non-degradable plastic should
be banned.
7. Packaging standards for both
retail and wholesale
merchandise should be required.

MANAGING OUR SOLID WASTE

Why we?

That explains why we need to act.

As part of the problem-because
we produce garbage ourselves-we
can also be a part of the solution
by reducing our contribution to
the waste problem

WHY NOW?
Because at rate we are producing
waste, we will soon find ourselves
buried in our own trash, or shall
we say, we will soon be having
more of our human-made
mountains of garbage amidst us.

REPUBLIC ACT (R.A) NO. 9003,

OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ECOLOGICAL
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF
2000
1.

What is R.A 9003?

Provides the legal framework for the

countrys systematic,
comprehensive and ecological
solid waste management program
that shall ensure protection of
public health and the
environment.

WHAT ARE THE SALIENT

FEATURES OF R.A NO. 9003
a.

b.

Creation of the National Solid waste

Management Board Ecology Center
(NEC) and the solid waste
Management Board in every province,
city and municipality in the country.
Formulation of the national solid
waste 10-year solid management plans
by local government units consistent
with the national solid waste
management plans

CONT.
c. Mandatory segregation of solid waste to
be conducted primarily at the source such
as household, institution, industrial,
commrcial and agricultural sources
d. Setting of minimum requirements to
ensure systematic collection and transport
of wastes and the proper protection of the
helath of garbage collectors

CONT.
Establishment of reclamation
problems and buy back centers for
recyclable and toxic materials
f. Promotion of eco-labeling in local
products and packaging
g. Prohibition on non-environmentally
acceptable products and packaging
h. Establishment of materials recovery
facility in every barangay or cluster of
barangays
e.

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i.
j.

k.

l.

Prohibition against the use of open dumps

Setting of guidelines/criteria for the
establishment of controlled dumps and
sanitary landfills
Provision of rewards, fiscal and non-fiscal
incentives, financial assistance, grants, and
the like to encourage LGUs and the general
public to undertake effective solid waste
management and
Promotion of research on solid waste
management and environmental education
in the formal and non-formal sectors.

HOW CAN WE HELP SOLVE WASTE

PROBLEM?
There are many ways to do it. A
highly recommended formula is to
adopt the 3Rs of ecological waste
management REDUCE, REUSE,
AND RECYCLE.

LET US REFRAIN FROM DOING WHAT

HAVE BEEN PROHIBITED UNDER
THE LAW INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE FF.
A. Littering, throwing , dumping of waste

materials in public places like roads,

sidewalks, canals, esteros, parks and
estalishment;
B. Open burning of solid waste
C. Allowing the collection of non-segregated or
unsorted waste.
D. Squatting in open dumps and landfills
E. Open dumping or burying of biodegrable and
non biodegradable materials in flood-prone
areas

CONT.

f. Unauthorized removal of recyclable material

intended for collection by authorized persons
g. Mixing of source-separated recyclable
material with other solid waste collection or
disposal.
h. manufacture, distribution or use of nonenvironmentally acceptable packaging
materials.
i. Establishment or operation of open dumps;
and
j. Importation of consumer products packaged
in non- environmentally acceptable
materials

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