MANAGING OUR WASTES

Learning Outcomes:
 List the salient features of MSU-IIT’s Solid Waste
Management Program;
 Choose to lessen one’s negative impact to the
environment by following IIT school rules on solid
waste and doing community works like tree planting
and the likes.
 Reduce, reuse and recycle

I. Learning Resources: Recyclable materials.

II. Methodology:
 The previous meeting, students are asked to bring any recyclable material.
 They will then be grouped into 5.
 Teacher will then have them UPCYCLE the available materials they have.
 As a closing activity, students will be asked to do the NO IMPACT WEEK, with the following
themes: food, water, solid waste, energy and giving back.
 Students will post their SELFIE pictures with a description of what each one did that day to
lessen their impact to the environment.
Link :http://noimpactproject.org/experiment/

III. Learning Concepts:

THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN MSU-IIT
The Comprehensive Solid Waste Management (CSWM) Board is the body that formulates policy
recommendations to the Chancellor on Solid Waste Management. The board is assisted by the
Monitoring Team, the Information Education Communication Team and the Clean and Green Campus
Team.

SALIENT FEATURES
1. Reduction of Waste at Source
o procurement of office equipment, materials, furniture and fixtures of high quality with
maximum life span shall be considered;
o two-sided use on paper shall be encouraged;
o reusing of products and materials shall be practiced, reuse is using a product more than
once, either for the same purpose or for an alternate purpose. Reuse strategies include
 making donations to charity, reusing packaging (including boxes and bags), using empty
jars for food storage, and participating in campus garage sale;
o The use of non-biodegradable disposable materials (e.g. plastic-based, styro-based) as
receptacles of waste must be minimized; and
o The use of biodegradable food liners, wrappers and containers must be maximized.

The use of plastic, styro-foam and cellophanes for wrapping, food containers and for transporting goods
shall be prohibited. Only the collection and storage of solid wastes are allowed to use plastic containers
and plastic bags.

2. Collection of Wastes
The collection of solid waste shall be done in the following manner:

General:

Each unit in the campus (College and Cluster, Laboratories and Clinic, and Business Establishments)
shall establish secondary or central collection areas where segregated solid wastes are placed prior
to their transport into the Institute MRF. Wastes shall be collected according to its classification
with its respective receptacle. Each unit shall only bring their segregated wastes in central
collection areas as scheduled.

Wastes such as :

a) Compostable wastes like Food wastes(fruit and vegetable peelings, leftover foods) and
Garden/yard waste collection (leaves, flowers, twigs, branches, stems, trimmings)
b) Recyclable wastes(papers, plastics, metals, glass)
c) Residual waste (sanitary napkins, worn-out rugs, carton with plastic linings like milk and
jiuce containers, ceramics, candy wrappers/sachets, other soiled materials)
d) Special Wastes (paints, thinners, lead-acid batteries, lamps, oil, tires, spray canisters, and
electronic wastes)

Specific :

a. Colleges and Clusters:

1) The CSWM Board shall ensure that each waste generating unit (college / cluster)
shall be provided with proper receptacle that will facilitate sanitary, efficient
handling, storage, collection, transport or disposal at least cost. Three receptacles
(Compostable, Recyclable, Residual) should be placed in a predetermined strategic
collection point.
2) Compostable waste like food wastes must be placed in hard plastic container / pails
or pit with proper ventilation and drainage of liquid.
3) Recyclable waste must be further sorted in separate bags that are properly labeled.
This must be stored in a designated location inside the premise and will only be
moved out during schedule of collection.
4) Residual waste which are non-compostable and non-recyclable
must be in a separate receptacle and must be properly disposed.
5) It is the responsibility of deans/cluster heads to see to it that classrooms / offices /
hallways and grounds in front of or in the vicinity of the buildings they occupy are
kept clean and tidy at all times.
6) Trees and other vegetation within the vicinity of colleges/clusters must be regularly
cared for and maintained. Cutting, breaking and pruning of trees inside the campus
 without the approval of the CSWM Team is prohibited. Janitors and operators of
grass cutters must work carefully when near the trees to avoid cutting their barks or
breaking their trunks.
7) It shall be the responsibility of a college/cluster to ensure and maintain the green
cover of their vicinity.
b. Laboratories and Clinic:
Toxic and hazardous waste shall be treated separately. In this regard, the Institute shall
establish a separate policy in managing toxic / hazardous wastes.
c. Business Establishments in the Campus:
Each business establishment is responsible for the cleanliness and orderliness of its
facilities and immediate vicinity.

3. Segregation of Wastes
o The Institute has its Material Recovery Facility where further segregation of recyclables
and processing of compostable/biodegradable wastes are made.
o Each unit in the campus (College and Cluster, Laboratories and Clinic, and Business
Establishments) must practice segregation at source.
o Strategies for segregation shall be done in the following manner:
1. Each unit in the campus must segregate their generated solid wastes into three
groups:
(a) Compostable/biodegradable Wastes
(b) Recyclable/non-biodegradable
(c) Residual Wastes
2. Segregated compostable/biodegradable wastes must be brought into the Institute
MRF for shredding with the shredding machine before composting or mulching.
3. Burning of solid waste inside the campus is strictly PROHIBITED.
4. As much as possible cleaning of grounds and streets should be done before the start
of classes to avoid disturbances. However, janitorial personnel should stay visible in
his/her area during his/her duty hours.
4. Disposal of Wastes
o The last option is disposal. Only residuals wastes (sanitary napkins, worn-out rugs, carton
with plastic linings like milk and juice containers, ceramics, candy wrappers / sachets,
other soiled materials) will be transported out of the campus for disposal at City disposal
facility.
5. Penalties.
Penalties for any violation of this Program shall be given according to the following schedules:
 For student violators, they shall be required to render community service inside the
campus. Community service shall be rendered at the end of each semester prior to the
signing of clearances. Repetition of any offense shall double the corresponding time of
community service. The department where the student belongs shall supervise the
implementation.
 For employees, their accumulated demerits will be considered as one of the bases in the
granting of privileges in the future. Repetitive violation shall be assessed according to
existing civil service rules and regulations, applicable laws of the land, and school
policies and may further be considered as a basis for possible administrative actionof
the community service of the student offender/s.
 For business establishments, demerits will serve as one of the bases for renewal of their
permit to operate in the campus.
  For outsiders, they shall be required to clean their litters up and reminded to comply
with the provisions of this Program. Refusal to comply or repetition of violation shall be
a ground for not allowing them to enter in the campus
6. Littering
 Littering in the campus is strictly prohibited. Employees, students and guests must
dispose their wastes in the nearest garbage bins provided for the purpose.
 Any employee reported and proven to have violated this provision will be subjected to a
disciplinary action and shall not be included for consideration for PRAISE award and
his/her record of violation shall be considered during instances of promotion and in
giving of benefits.
 Students caught violating this provision shall be given three demerits for every incident.
Student violators shall be required, under the supervision of their respective
department chairperson, to undertake a community service of cleaning the campus or
planting trees prior to the signing of their clearance at the end of the semester. Each
demerit shall be equivalent to an hour of community service.
 Hosts to visitors shall be responsible to the behavior of their guests in relation to the
observation of this provision.

As students, you should be responsible environment protectors!

2. Assessment

Students will be assessed in their group activity through the criteria shown below :

Cohesiveness of their work - 10

Understanding of the task-at-hand - 10
Collaboration with peers - 10
Relevance - 10
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Total points 40

V. References

 THE COMPREHENSIVE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OF MSU-IIT as adopted

from the ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000.