PROJECT BRIEF

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY

PINAT, HARRY BJ B.
COMMUNITY PLANNING DESIGN
2015-104783
I. PROJECT INTRODUCTION

Solid waste management remains a major challenge in the Philippines especially in urban
areas like Metro Manila. Improper wastes disposal, inefficient wastes collection and lack of
disposal facilities are among the dominant concerns in the country’s solid waste management.
Unless these are addressed, the wastes generated from various sources will continually lead to
health hazards and serious environmental impacts such as ground and surface water
contamination, flooding, air pollution and spread of diseases. Republic Act No. 9003
otherwise known as the “Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, enacted on
January 26, 2001, aims to address the growing problem on solid wastes in the country. It
provides the legal framework for the country’s systematic, comprehensive, and ecological
solid waste management program that shall ensure protection of public health and the
environment. It also provides for the necessary institutional mechanisms with the creation of
the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) which shall oversee the
implementation of solid waste management plans and prescribe policies as well as incentives
to achieve objectives of the Act.

II. OBJECTIVE

• To identify, quantify, describe and prioritize framework of Environment Sustainability in

compliance with the applicable regulations, policies and standards.
• To introduce and aware students to real concerns of environment and its sustainability
• To secure the environment and cut down the threats posed to human health by analyzing
the pattern and extent of resource use on the campus.
• To establish a baseline data to assess future sustainability by avoiding the interruptions
in environment that are more difficult to handle and their corrections requires high cost.
• To bring out a status report on environmental compliance.
• Composting and recycling are the methods adopted by the institute.

III. OUTPUT

Waste collection service is improved in parallel with strengthening the activities for
cooperating with community. Preparatory work to establish the transfer and transport system
is finalized. Collection vehicle management is improved. Management of the final disposal
system is strengthened. Organizational operation management is improved.

IV. BENEFITS

Waste emits these harmful gases, but waste recycling can reduce the impact. Waste recycling

also helps to reduce the amount of fossil fuels, as well as existing landfills and incinerations,
helping to create a greener and cleaner environment for all.

V. SUCCESS CRITERIA

PROJECT DEFINITION
I. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
That is discarded because it has served its purpose or is no longer useful. Improper disposal of
municipal solid waste can create unsanitary conditions, and these conditions in turn can lead
to pollution of the environment and to outbreaks of vector-borne disease—that is, diseases spread
by rodents and insects. The tasks of solid-waste management present complex technical challenges.
They also pose a wide variety of administrative, economic, and social problems that must be managed
and solved.
 IV. FINANCING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Financing of solid waste management projects can be pretty overwhelming for the city
government, especially if the government see it as a critical part of the service they should
render to the citizen and if the citizen also hold it as a basis for measuring the performance of
the government and using it as one of the conditions for re-election.
Solid waste management entails different aspects. Generally speaking, waste management
consists of pre-collection, collection, transportation, storage, treatment, and disposal. The
modern hierarchy of waste management includes prevention, minimization, reuse,
recycling, energy recovery, and disposal.
All these aspects require proper funding in rendering a good waste management service to the
society. As citizens, we hardly give any thought to the different aspects and what it takes to
ensure it is carried out efficiently and effectively .

V. FINANCING OPTIONS FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

There are four different options for financing of solid waste management projects. The
option chosen will be dependent on various factors. The chief factor will be “what is the
end goal of providing waste management service to citizen” and this is to be determined
by the city government. Therefore, we say finance option is directly related to waste
management goal of a city or State.

VI. DONORS AND GRANTS

This funding mechanism is dependent on the interest of the donor organization. While it is a
good way to develop a city’s waste management infrastructure, attracting and utilizing grants
is solely reliant on what the donor considers as important. Hence, it might be difficult for a
city government to dictate how the funds should be distributed among the various aspect of
waste management.

CONCLUSION

In conclusion, waste management financing is quite dynamic just like many other services and
infrastructure provided by a city government and the best option for financing the provision of
waste management service can only be made after appropriate due diligence and consultation
with relevant stakeholders has been made and observed.