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GROUP - 4 ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC &

PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
GATA, Gycel E.
BOLANTE, Marne TEACHER: JOVEN C. ROBRIGADO,
MORFE, Jaymee LPT
PEÑAREDONDO, Al Kharim

12 STEM A – BORACAY ISLAND

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I. Purpose

The purpose of this report is to discuss the importance of creating awareness about proper waste
management.

II. Introduction

Waste management is the most difficult task that many nations and communities must deal with.
Like in many developing nations, a greater amount of waste was produced but was improperly
collected, ending up in open landfills or streams, which led to severe flooding, especially during
typhoons. (D.I Omang et.al, Afr Health Sci., 2021)"From the public health point of view, improper
solid waste management often attracts insect and rodent vectors which facilitate the spread of
diseases such as cholera and dengue fever6. Thus, it corroborates the present study which identified
cholera 61 (18.2%), malaria 158 (47.2%), Lassa fever 36 (10.7%), and diarrhea 80 (23.9%) as
diseases associated with solid waste disposal in the study area." In addition, some individuals didn't
attain the knowledge of proper waste management and they tend to put their trash anywhere,
sometimes they put their trash unsegregated in trash bins with no proper labels.

The Philippines' ongoing increase in waste generation is a result of the country's growing
population, urbanization, and changing lifestyle. In highly urbanized city areas, waste is produced at
a rate of 0.70 kilogram per person per day, 0.60 kg per person per day in urban city areas, and 0.30
kg per day in rural areas (Aguinaldo 2009, as cited in Atienza, 2017). The Autonomous Region of
Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has the lowest waste creation rate, 0.30 kg per inhabitant per day,
compared to the National Capital Region (NCR), which has the highest rate at 0.71 kg. The
predicted annual waste generation was 13.1 million tons, or 35 tons per day (National Solid Waste
Management Commission [NSWMC], 2016). In Payatas, the former open dumpsite collapsed owing
to heavy rains in 2000, killing about 200 people and causing a waste management tragedy for the
nation (Atienza, 2013). The Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, also known as
Republic Act 9003 (RA 9003), was passed into law in the Philippines on January 26, 2001, in
response to the nation's mounting waste management issues. Unlike previous waste management
policies which seemed to be a piecemeal approach, RA 9003 is considered as the most
comprehensive act which declares the “policy of the state to adopt a systematic, comprehensive, and
ecological solid waste management program which shall ensure the protection of public health and
environment” (Republic of the Philippines, RA 9003, Article 1, Section 2). Even though it has been
in law for 18 years, there is still a low level of compliance.

More than 50% of municipalities in the Philippines are categorized as low income areas and do
not have enough money for waste management activities, according to the National Solid Waste
Management Strategy 2012-2016 of the country. Hence, it is necessary to also review other
underlying causes of the low compliance rate of proper waste management and the possible
strategies to effectively implement solid waste management policies and programs in a more
sustainable manner. As a result, discussing proper waste management should be imposed on every
household.

III. Results

Proper waste management by the government is not being implemented properly, especially in the
municipalities that have a low income they are not focusing on solid waste management that they
gain a low rating for proper waste management because of unsustainable and insufficient waste
management programs and projects, starting from how garbage was being collected, and how it
affects the community when not properly disposed of -- we encounter the clogging of canal' drainage
which led to flooding whenever it has a typhoon or even simple precipitation, floods and areas near a
landfill as a result of improper solid waste management can also be a cause of multiple health
infections and diseases such as cholera, dengue fever6, malaria, Lasso fever, and diarrhea, etc.

The Philippines has a growing waste generation as an outcome of a growing population,

urbanization of rural areas, and lifestyle change. Urban areas are generating more solid waste up to
this year and solid waste will be more generated because of the increasing urbanized provinces.

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 After long years of implementing waste management, the compliance rate of proper waste disposal
was still low due to inefficient and unsustainable programs and strategies. The increasing population
is one of the reasons why proper waste management is not being sustainably carried out. A new
generation of people doesn't have the proper education on proper waste disposal that was based on
how they observed their community and the lack of proper waste management in every household.

IV. Method Used

Research, Observation, and Studies

V. Conclusions

VI. Recommendation

Once a community has a shared understanding of the problems caused by waste, it can take steps to
solve these problems, starting with projects that best meet the community’s needs and abilities.

 Separate Wastes at the Source - Keeping food wastes from mixing with paper wastes or
glass, and so on, makes it easier to reuse, recycle, and get rid of materials, and helps prevent
the health problems caused by mixed waste.

 Implement Sustainable Waste Containers - Recyclable and reusable waste containers are
not only more cost efficient and better for the environment, they save your facility money.
Putting containers every street or zone is more effective.

 Waste Collection - The waste collection should not be left to the municipal authorities but
should be the responsibility of every individual, business, organization and government. The
collection of household waste is done by garbage trucks, which go to each point of garbage
production to collect the garbage. Much better if they collect garbage every barangay not
only in Centro. These systems should be streamlined or centralized so that all waste is
classified, and collected the same way. What can be recycled should be recycled, and what
cannot, should not contaminate the recyclable waste. This way, it is possible to enjoy some
benefits of waste.
 Educating the Masses - We inherently know that we need to take care of our waste.
However, not everyone knows how to do it sustainably. It is therefore important to
understand the amounts and types of waste we produce, as well as how to effectively and
sustainably manage them. We also need to know to reduce their hauling costs and negotiate
for waste and recycling services that fit our needs. After having all this knowledge, we need
to share it to others, through books, videos, articles, seminars and all other available means.