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Chapter I

THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING

INTRODUCTION

Zero waste, as defined by the National Solid Waste Management Council, is an

advocacy that promotes designing and managing of products and processes to avoid and

eliminate volume and toxicity of waste and materials. It aims to send less amount of trash

to landfills by reducing and reusing plastics and composting those are not.

This lifestyle can be accomplished by the rich and poor alike, since it done by

simply reusing containers and buying second hand items (Cerezo, 2018). Recycling waste

lowers energy and water use, while this also helps saving vital resources (SBCC, 2011).

Since the country has generated an amount of around 43, 684 tons of wastes everyday,

which 4, 609 of them are plastics (Eco-Business, 2018), we need to examine what we

throw at our surroundings (Oposa, 2019). The city of Alaminos in Pampanga has

pioneered the zero waste way by creating composting systems that ended the practice of

open burning, and by engaging all sectors to work for this goal (Larracas and GAIA,

n.d.).

However, it does not really eliminate the 100% of the total wastes. According to

Zero Waste International Alliance, 85% of plastic materials could be resold on the

market. In addition to that, it does not really go with recycling alone, as what was

mentioned by Eco-Cycle Solutions. It comes after waste prevention, product redesign,

and reuse. There are still materials that waste scarce resources.
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The researchers are conducting this study to assess the willingness of the Zero

Waste Management. Students from Junior High School are chosen because they are more

knowledgeable with regards to this issue. They would also like to identify from the

statistical records the eagerness of the students to practice this lifestyle on their everyday

life.

This study will use a quantitative design since the data relied are from the survey

forms created by the researchers. Getting the results through this design is the collection

of data that could be represented numerically (Matthews and Ross, 2007).

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This study aims to find out if the students are willing to go Zero Waste

Management Program of Don Bosco High School Parañaque for the school year 2018-

2019.

Specifically, this also seeks to answer the following questions:

1. Are the students of Don Bosco High School Parañaque willing to practice the

Zero Waste Management Program?

2. What grade level has the most number of students who are willing to go Zero

Waste Management Program?

3. What are the suggestions of the selected students of Don Bosco High School

Parañaque on their willingness to go Zero Waste Management?

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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study intends to focus on the willingness of the students to go Zero Waste

Management for the current school year.

The outcome of the study is beneficial for:

 This will help the students because they will be the first ones to benefit from it

and they will adapt the importance of this study in their everyday lives whenever

and wherever they are.

 This will help the teachers because the way to happy teaching is a clean

environment. They won't need to remind the students about keeping the

surroundings clean.

 This study will help the janitresses because if the students practice the idea of

Zero Waste Management, it won't be hard for them to keep the campus clean.

 This study will be the way for the school to have an achievement because if the

visitors notice the cleanliness of the surroundings, it will have a big impact to

them in the campus.

 This will help the future researchers because this study can serve as source of

information that can be beneficial for the researchers who wish to pursue a study

that involves similar topic with willingness to go Zero Waste Management. It will

also help the future students and researchers to fulfill their needs.
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SCOPE AND DELIMITATION

The main focus of the study is to assess the eagerness of the Zero Waste

Management among the selected students of Don Bosco High School Paranaque. This

study is limited to the selected Junior High School students and the result was based on

the given survey questionnaires to identify the willingness of the Zero Waste

Management between students.

The sources primarily focused on the ability of the students to go Zero Waste. This

study seeks to find out if they are ready for a program dedicated to its ideal or not.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

The following are the key terms used in the study. These terms are clearly defined

accordingly to make an easy understanding of the problems and to avoid ambiguous

meaning to terms which can be otherwise interpreted in different ways.

Willingness - not refusing to do something.

Zero Waste Management - a philosophy that encourages the redesign of

resource life cycles so that all products are reused. The goal is for no trash to be sent to

landfills, incinerators, or the ocean. The process recommended is one similar to the way

that resources are reused in nature.

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Chapter II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

The purpose of this study is to assess the students’ willingness to go Zero Waste.

The researchers hope that this will help raise awareness, or to create programs that

promote this ideology. Furthermore, this will help them to know if the students are ready

to go Zero Waste Management Program.

Foreign Studies

According to a study conducted from Thailand, the term “zero waste” is done

through minimal disposal of wastes to remove wastes completely. This can be done by

applying the 3Rs, namely; Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. A solution must be done by engaging

different sectors to segregate their trash at source to achieve this goal (Dokmaingam,

Manomaivibool, Srivichai, Unroj, 2016).

Wastes have been seen as a problem that could be solved through different

processes. Efficient social management is one of the two things that is inclined with the

analysis of the idea of Zero Waste. It may be impossible, given that we are living in the

perspective of thermal dynamics and ecology, but this can offer insights if we want to

change our ecological world (Song, 2016)

Germany is the leading country in the European Union when it comes to

recycling. Based on the Eurostat data in 2015, it falls on 66.1%., ad tops against its

neighbouring states like Austria with 56% , Slovenia at 54.1%, Belgium at 53%, finally,

at Switzerland at 52.7%. This can be credited through it strong and effective programs,
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and its citizens embracing the practice. It also makes use of renewable energy (Brassaw,

2017).

Sweden, too, has shown its effort on managing its wastes. Theirs is done through

preventing its creation as the primary step, down to its disposal as the last resort. There

are few exceptions, due to different reasons. The country’s waste management provides

different options, like material recycling, biological treatment, energy recovery, and

landfill, to name all of them. Responsibilities are divided to different sectors so that each

one of them will have a share on taking care of the environment. (Avfall Sverige, 2017)

The source of solid waste pollution is lack of awareness, based from a study

conducted by a student from the Kotebe Metropolitan University. 42% of the respondents

think that is the public being unaware of the possible effects, and along with this, many

people pollute their own surroundings that contribute to the destruction of the

environment. Though, they have the knowledge on the issues about soil pollution, which

is the visible type (Ali, Adane S., 2018)

Local Studies

A news report article suggests that while there are efforts by the normal citizens

here in our country to go Zero Waste, there are no laws that would supply the need,

despite of the passage of RA 9003. There are, however, bills filed at the two chambers of

the Congress; the Senate and the House of Representatives. At the upper house, Senate

Bill 430, filed by Senator Loren Legarda, aims to regulate the use of biodegradable

plastic bags. Another one was authored by her was made in 2011, but it did not push
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through to become a law, A similar house bill was filed by Nueva Ecija Representative

Estrelita Suansing, but it did not make it to the bicameral level. She noted that everybody

in the Congress prefer a regulation. (Rappler, 2018)

A report shown by students of City University of Pasay, that only 32% of its

respondents think that Barangay 159 of the same town excelled on keeping up with its

proper waste disposal activities, while 38% from the same paper that its residents are

very satisfied with the efforts on waste management. 38% of them responded that the

place is doing great on maintaining their community clean. According to the people who

did this study, waste management carries a great impact to a certain place (Egana, J.,

Nopal, D., Ola, R., Panlican, W., Saugon, C., 2014).

Another study conducted last year by the University of Negros Occidental –

Recoletos, and Siliman University, that students from both schools are very aware of the

solid waste management program, with CLAYGo (Clean As You Go) as the familiar one

for them. They also believe that these promote wellness to the people, and be

embarrassed to throw trash elsewhere. They concluded that in order for them to keep the

program’s success is education, because it plays an important role on making these

actions. In line with the Republic Act 9003, a school-based solid waste management

program should be pushed through to raise awareness about the issues concerning the

environment (Madrigal, Dennis V., Oracion, Enrique G., 2018)

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Chapter III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

METHOD OF THE STUDY

This chapter presents the method used in this study, the instruments used in

gathering the data from the respondents, the procedures undertaken by the researchers

and the statistical data used in the scoring and analysis of the data. The researchers use

the descriptive comparative design, which involves the use of a survey form to find out if

the students are willing to practice the Zero Waste Management Program by selected

Junior High School students of Don Bosco High School Parañaque.

RESPONDENTS OF THE STUDY

The respondents of this study are the selected students from Grade 7 to Grade 10

of Don Bosco High School Parañaque. With an overall population of 1786 students, the

researcher only got 327 students as a sample in this study.

SAMPLING TECHNIQUE

This study used Slovin's formula with a margin error of 5% in determining the

samples of the study. Slovin's Formula is used to calculate the sample size of a given

population. It is done to solve confidence levels and the margin of error from the group of

people given. Since the study focuses on the willingness of the students to go Zero Waste

Management Program among the Junior High School students of Don Bosco High School

Parañaque through Slovin's formula, it will able to help the researchers to identify if the

students are eager to change their lifestyle for the program.

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INSTRUMENTATION

The researchers used a survey questionnaire in order for them to gather data from

the students of Don Bosco High School Parañaque. It is a thorough examination or

assessment disseminated to public. Survey research includes all steps that are all about

asking questions of respondents. In this study, the researchers use questionnaires and the

information is gathered with a view toward identifying relative strengths and weaknesses

of topics under study..

STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF DATA

After collecting the data needed, the researchers tabulated and analyzed the

gathered data with the help of statistical tools.

The researchers were guided by the following:

1. To determine the number of respondents, the Slovin’s formula was used.

N
1 + (N)(e)𝟐

where in N is the population involved and e is the margin error while 1 is constant.

2. The collected data from the respondents was determined by weighted mean and

percentage.

WM = 5f + 4f + 3f + 2f + 1f
N

(p) %= F/N x 100

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Range Verbal Description Scale

1 – 1.50 No 0

1.51 – 2 Yes 1
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Chapter IV

PRESENTATION, INTERPRETATION, AND ANALYSIS OF DATA

In this chapter, the researchers made a detailed analysis, presentation, and

interpretation of data to answer the problems posed in this data.

Table 1: Demographic Profile

1.1

Choices Frequency Percentage

Male 119 36.39

Female 149 63.61

The table revealed that the majority of the respondents (63.61%) were female.

36.39% identified themselves as male.

1.2

Choices Frequency Percentage

12 below 17 5.20

13-14 149 45.57

15-16 136 41.59

17-18 25 7.64

The students’ ages range from 12 to 18, with majority being 13 – 14 as 149

(45.57%) respondents were at this age.

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Table 2

Table 2.1: I will reduce the usage of waste materials in my own home and inside the

campus.

Average Interpretation

0.92 Yes

Table 2.1 shows that an average of 0.92 indicates that the respondents are willing

to reduce the usage of waste materials in their own homes and also inside the campus.

Table 2.2: I will bring my own plastic Tupperware, tumbler and metal utensils as a

substitute for a Styrofoam and plastic materials.

Average Interpretation

0.75 Yes

Table 2.2 presents that an average of 0.75 denotes that the respondents will bring

their own plastic Tupperware, tumbler and metal utensils as substitute for Styrofoam and

plastic materials.
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Table 2.3: I will recycle my own plastic bottles that I already used.

Average Interpretation

0.83 Yes

In the table 2.3 it could be seen that an average of 0.83 signifies that the

respondents will recycle their own plastic bottles that they already used if the program

will be implemented.

Table 2.4: I am willing to use metallic straws instead of plastic ones.

Average Interpretation

0.73 Yes

Table 2.4 reveals that an average of 0.73 indicates that the respondents are willing

to use metallic straws instead of plastic ones.

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Table 2.5: I will do my best to change my lifestyle for the conservation of the

environment.

Average Interpretation

0.89 Yes

Table 2.5 shows that an average of 0.89 denotes that the respondents will do their

best to change their lifestyle for the conservation of the environment.

Table 2.6: I will use DIY napkins instead of sanitary pads.

Average Interpretation

0.52 Yes

Table 2.6 reveals that an average of 0.52 signifies that the respondents will use

DIY napkins instead of sanitary pads.

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Table 2.7: I will participate in the "No Plastic Waste Friday" program of the Supreme

Student Government.

Average Interpretation

0.81 Yes

If you could look at table 2.7, the average of 0.81 indicates that the respondents

will participate in the "No Plastic Waste Friday" program of the Supreme Student

Government

Table 2.8: I will use reusable cups instead of disposable ones.

Average Interpretation

0.80 Yes

Table 2.8 presented that an average of 0.80 denotes that the respondents will use

reusable cups instead of disposable ones.

Table 2.9: I will recycle my used papers.

Average Interpretation

0.83 Yes

Table 2.9 shows that an average of 0.83 indicates that the respondents are willing

to recycle their used papers.

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Table 2.10: I will reuse food wastes and other biodegradable materials as compost.

Average Interpretation

0.81 Yes

In Table 2.10, it could be seen that an average of 0.81 that the respondents will
reuse food wastes and other biodegradable materials as compost.
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Chapter V

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

CONCLUSION

From the data gathered from the respondents of the Don Bosco High School

Paranaque, the researchers were able to assess the willingness of the students to go Zero

Waste Management Program. The result of the data gathered from the survey forms

answers their main problems:

1. The students were able to examine if they are willing to go Zero Waste as most of

the respondents are fine on shifting their ecological lifestyle.

2. The respondents were able to identify the grade level willing to recycle their

wastes. In this case, it is the Grade 7 students, with a total of 733 respondents,

wishes to go and save the environment.

3. They were able to look for suggestions from the respondents. As what was

mentioned on the survey, the implementation of the “No Plastic Waste Friday”

will aid on creating programs that are for Zero Waste Management.

RECOMMENDATION

From the results obtained during the entire course of this study, the researchers

have come to recommend the following aspects for further study:

 Create more programs that aim to promote Zero Waste Management Program

inside the campus.

 Strengthen the “No Plastic Waste Friday” Program of the Supreme Government

and;
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 Conduct an awareness seminar to fully instill the minds of the students about the

value of saving nature by doing this practice.

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