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TLE-AFA-AGRI CROP PRODUCTION

Quarter 1 – Module 8:
Chemical & Waste Management and
Environmental Laws
TLE – Grade 9
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 8: Chemical & Waste Management and Environmental
Laws
First Edition, 2020

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TLE-AFA-AGRI CROP
PRODUCTION
Quarter 1 – Module 8:
Chemical & Waste Management
and Environmental Laws
 What I Need to Know

At the end of the module you should be able to:

1. Perform safe management of chemicals.

2. Identify the different environmental laws; and
3. Provide insights on safe management of chemicals and enumerate the
importance of environmental laws.

What I Know

Take this test.

Direction: Read each item carefully and write your answers in your notebook. Let
us determine how much you already know about safe management of chemicals
and environmental laws.
1. What is the first thing to consider in safe management of chemicals?
__________________________________________________________________________________
2. What environmental law facilitates the attainment and maintenance of rational
and orderly balance between socio-economic development and environmental
protection?
__________________________________________________________________________________

3. An environmental law that regulates, restricts or prohibits the importation,

manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use and disposal of chemical
substances and mixtures that present unreasonable risk to human health?
__________________________________________________________________________________

4. What Presidential Decree took effect in 1977 which provides a basis for an
integrated waste management regulation starting from waste source to methods of
disposal.
__________________________________________________________________________________

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5. Give 2 tips in cleaning hygienic facilities
__________________________________________________________________________________

Note: If you get 100% correct in this pre- assessment, skip the lesson but if not and only get
50% to 99% correct, then proceed with the lesson.

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Lesson Chemical & Waste
8 Management and
Environmental Laws

Proper waste disposal is critical due to the fact that certain types of wastes
can be hazardous and can contaminate the environment if not handled
properly. Following them allows for toxic waste to be safely discarded
without the risk of environmental contamination.

What’s In

1. What considerations should you make when handling chemicals?

2. Why do you have to clean storage areas for fresh produce before harvesting?
For farmers/farm workers responsible for cleaning why must they adhere to the
standard procedures?

Notes to the Teacher

This contains the information that will help you in guiding
the learners to identify environmental laws and practice
proper waste disposal.

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 What’s New

1. What considerations should you make when handling chemicals?

2. Have you tried cleaning in your own home?
3. Were you following the standard procedures in cleaning and waste disposal
in your own locality?

What is It

Disposal of Farm Chemicals

Chemicals are used on farms for a variety of purposes.
The safe management of chemicals requires access to
information and responsible action. Manufacturers,
suppliers and users of farm chemicals all have an
important role to play. Chemical substances present
different types of risks to people’s health, safety and
environment. For this reason there are different laws
controlling them. The purpose of these laws is to
ensure that chemicals are used safely and efficiently so
that risks to human health, the environment and
damage to property are minimized.

Safe management of chemical involves:

• Correct labeling and packaging;
• Provision of material safety data sheet (MSDS);
• Safe transport, storage, use and disposal of substances.

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Labeling and packaging of chemicals
Chemicals must be supplied in packages that are correctly labeled and suitable for
the substance. Information provided on the label will depend on the type of
substance and the risks associated with it. Items to look for are:
1. Signal words such as ‘CAUTION’, ‘POISON’ or ‘DANGEROUS POISON’, used
for scheduled poisons – a signal word alerts users to the possibility of
poisoning if thee substance is swallowed, inhaled or absorbed through the
skin.
2. The Dangerous Goods (ADG) diamond if there is an immediate risk to health
or safety e.g. flammable liquids.
3. Risk phrases describing the type of health effects e.g. irritating the skin and
safety phrases stating precautions for safe handling, storage, spills, disposal
and fire e.g. ‘keep away from the combustible material’

Ensure that containers remain labeled

Farmers must ensure that the original labels remain on containers of
substances. If a substance is poured into a second container such as a spray tank
then that container must be labeled with the product name and appropriate risk
and safety phrases. These can generally be copied from the parent container.
Labeling is not necessary if a substance is used immediately and its container is
thoroughly cleaned.

Example:

There are good reasons for ensuring that proper containers and appropriate labels
are used, including:
• Using food containers to store poisons can result in poisoning due to
accidental swallowing.
• Insurance companies may question liability if something goes wrong and an
unlabeled container has been the cause of an accident.
• Produce cannot be exported if maximum residue limits are exceeded. Labels
provide advice on permitted use and withholding periods for agricultural and
veterinary chemicals.

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Material Safety Data Sheet
Material safety data sheets (MSDS) must be produced by the manufacturer or
importer of hazardous substance.
The MSDS is not just a piece of paper. It provides important and useful
advice about what is in the product, its health effects, safe use and handling,
storage, disposal, first aid and emergency operation. Farmers must obtain the
MSDS from their supplier and keep them in a register where they are available to
people who could be exposed to the hazardous substance.
The register is a collection of the MSDS and other information which can be
kept in a folder, filing cabinet or other practical system.
The register can be kept in the house, workplace or the chemical store, so
long as it remains accessible to emergency service personnel and any employees
who may be exposed to hazardous substances.

Storage and transport of chemicals

Safe storage of farm chemicals is needed to protect them from the elements,
restrict access to them, prevent contamination of the environment, food or livestock
and ensure separation from other incompatible chemicals. Arrangements must be
in place to contain any spillage of the chemical.
After considering the potential risk to people’s health or to the environment,
a farmer might decide that a locked shed with a roof and concrete floor, which is
bounded to contain any spills, is the best way to provide safe storage.
Remember, you should never store oxidizing agents with fuels. That is –
never store substances labeled yellow diamond with a red diamond.
Safe transport of farm chemicals depends on what the substance is, how
much there is, where it is to be transported and what else is to be transported with
it. In general, small quantities (less than 250 liters) can be transported on vehicle
provided that the container is properly secured and safe from spillage.

Disposal of Farm Chemicals

Empty farm chemical
containers and unwanted
chemicals need to be disposed of
properly. Prior to disposal of
empty containers, wash the
container out three times and
use the rinse water to dilute
further batches of the chemical
to working strength.
To wash a container you
do not need to fill it each time. If
you only have six liters of water,
it is more efficient to use three
washes of two liters each, that it

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is to rinse once with the full six liters.

Disposal of Farm Chemicals

Empty farm chemical containers and unwanted chemicals need to be
disposed of properly. Prior to disposal of empty containers, wash the container out
three times and use the rinse water to dilute further batches of the chemical to
working strength.

To wash a container you do not need to fill it each time. If you only have six
liters of water, it is more efficient to use three washes of two liters each, than it is
to rinse once with the full six liters.

You might want to watch videos youtube. Just click on this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QHeHp6zf3A
https://safework.sa.gov.au/industry/agriculture/farm-safety-video-series

ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS

Presidential Decree (PD) 1152

The Philippine Environmental Code, which took effect in 1977, provides a
basis for an integrated waste management regulation starting from waste source to
methods of disposal. PD 1152 has further mandated specific guidelines to manage
municipal wastes (solid and liquid), sanitary landfill and incineration, and disposal
sites in the Philippines. In 1990, the Philippine Congress enacted the Toxic
Substances, Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act, commonly known as
Republic Act (RA) 6969, a law designed to respond to increasing problems
associated with toxic chemicals and hazardous and nuclear wastes. RA 6969
mandates control and management of import, manufacture, process, distribution,
use, transport, treatment, and disposal of toxic substances and hazardous and
nuclear wastes in the country. The Act seeks to protect public health and the
environment from unreasonable risks posed by these substances in the
Philippines. Apart from the basic policy rules and regulations of RA 6969,
hazardous waste management must also comply with the requirements of other
specific environmental laws, such as PD 984 (Pollution Control Law), PD 1586
(Environmental Impact Assessment System Law), RA 8749 (Clean Air Act) and RA
9003 (Ecological Solid Waste Management Act) and their implementing rules and
regulations.

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 REPUBLIC ACT 6969 TOXIC SUBSTANCES, HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR
WASTE CONTROL ACT OF 1990

The law aims to regulate restrict or prohibit the importation, manufacture,

processing, sale, distribution, use and disposal of chemical substances and
mixtures that present unreasonable risk to human health. It likewise prohibits the
entry, even in transit, of hazardous and nuclear wastes and their disposal into the
Philippine territorial limits for whatever purpose; and to provide advancement and
facilitate research and studies on toxic chemicals.

P.D. 984 POLLUTION CONTROL LAW

Define the general policies on the pursuit of a better quality of life for the
present and future generations and mandates the undertaking the environmental
impact assessments for all projects, which may significantly affect the environment.

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 1586 ENVIRONMENTAL

IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS) STATEMENT OF 1978

The Environment Impact Assessment System was

formally established in 1978 with the enactment of

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Presidential Decree no. 1586 to facilitate the attainment and maintenance of
rational and orderly balance between socio-economic development and
environmental protection. EIA is a planning and management tool that will help
government, decision makers, the proponents and the affected community address
the negative consequences or risks on the environment. The process assures
implementation of environment-friendly projects.

REPUBLIC ACT 8749 PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999

The law aims to achieve and maintain clean air that meets the National Air
Quality guideline values for criteria pollutants, throughout the Philippines, while
minimizing the possible associated impacts to the economy.

REPUBLIC ACT 9003 ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE

MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000

In partnership with stakeholders, the law aims to adopt a systematic,

comprehensive and ecological solid waste management program that shall ensure
the protection of public health and environment. The law ensures proper
segregation, collection, storage, treatment and disposal of solid waste through the
formulation and adaptation of best eco-waste products.

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 REPUBLIC ACT 9275 PHILIPPINE CLEAN WATER ACT OF 2004

The law aims to protect the country's water bodies from pollution from land-based
sources (industries and commercial establishments, agriculture and
community/household activities). It provides for comprehensive and integrated
strategy to prevent and minimize pollution through a multi-sectoral and
participatory approach involving all the stakeholders.

What’s More

Direction: Read carefully each question. Observe brevity/conciseness in giving

your answer to each question.
A. Storage and Transport of chemicals (15 points)
1. Draw two (2) appropriate symbol or icon for poisonous toxic chemicals that
you know of.
2. Describe each symbol or icon you have drawn and explain why were these
used in poisonous/toxic products. What do these symbols suggest?
3. Explain why it is important to know and recognize such symbols/icons?

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B. Collect different chemical packaging that has appropriate precautionary
signs and symbols. Try to explain what the symbol means. Paste it in a short
bond paper. (15 points)
Example:

C. Enumerate the different elements for Safe Management of Chemicals.

(15 points)

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 What I Have Learned

I have learned that…

___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________
What I Can Do
I have realized that…
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________

I will apply…
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________

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 What I Can Do

I. Infographics │Long bond paper

(Strictly make this activity manually. Do not use a computer)
Direction: Create an infographic on proper waste disposal in accordance to
environmental laws.
Examples of an infographic

While performing the activity it is important that you assess your performance
following the criteria below:

Find out by accomplishing the Scoring Rubric honestly and sincerely.

Remember it is your learning at stake!

Name: Grade & Section:

Score
CRITERIA Percentage
20 15 10 5

Relevance 60%

Content 20%

Presentation 10%

Neatness 10%

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II. INVOLVE. Be civic-minded

Community Involvement.
Participate in activities of your local community that promotes
environmental conservation, preservation and protection in accordance with the
environmental laws. Or you may do activity (your own way) of showing
environmental conservation, preservation and protection. Document your work by
taking pictures or video clips before, during and after doing the activity. If you
prefer taking pictures to document your work, have it printed on a short bond
paper with proper and appropriate labels/captions.

Example:

*The image above is a visual visualization of the desired out-put expected from you. The community involvement you’ll join
could be tree planting activity, seminars on raising awareness about the environment (e.g. awareness on protecting
sources of safe, drinkable water, tree planting, waste disposal etc.)

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 Assessment

Direction: Read each item carefully and write your answers in your notebook. Let
us determine how much you already know about safe management of chemicals
and environmental laws.
1.What is the first thing to consider in safe management of chemicals?
__________________________________________________________________________________
2. What environmental law facilitates the attainment and maintenance of rational
and orderly balance between socio-economic development and environmental
protection?
__________________________________________________________________________________
3. An environmental law that regulates, restricts or prohibits the importation,
manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use and disposal of chemical
substances and mixtures that present unreasonable risk to human health?

4. What Presidential Decree took effect in 1977 which provides a basis for an
integrated waste management regulation starting from waste source to methods of
disposal.
5. Give 2 tips in cleaning hygienic facilities
__________________________________________________________________________________

6. How important are the environmental laws in relation to chemical/waste

management and disposal?
__________________________________________________________________________________

7. Enumerate the Techniques in storing chemicals

__________________________________________________________________________________

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What I Know?
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What’s More (Answer/output may vary)
A. (Answer may vary)
B. (Answer may vary)
C. (Answer may vary)
What I Have Learned
Answers may vary
WHAT I CAN DO
Answer/output may vary
(It will be graded using the rubric.)
Assessment
Answers may vary
Additional Activities (Answers may vary)
(It will be graded using the rubric.)
Answer Key
References
• https://www.coursehero.com/file/16670794/FINAL-Philippine-
Environmental-Laws-Policies/

• https://spotlight.iso.org/smartfarming

• https://visual.ly/community/Infographics/environment/4-methods-proper-
waste-management

• https://www.google.com/search?q=storing+chemicals&tbm=isch&hl=en-
US&chips=q:storage+of+chemicals,g_1:kitchen:wL1AgWrg9gY%3D&hl=en-
US&ved=2ahUKEwjD0NLT48LqAhVD15QKHcGiDEcQ4lYoA3oECAEQGg&bi
w=1349&bih=608#imgrc=PecxFR6hyzPYYM&imgdii=_pbTOEOtQw0sDM

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-
sciences/agricultural-waste

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g7BBmGhGnE

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjI8Jkp44hM

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUJ4vI-JA88

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