Solid Waste Management Awareness and Practices among Senior High School Students in

Manuel A. Roxas High School

A Research Proposal
Presented to the Research Teacher Senior High School Department
Manuel A. Roxas High School

Prepared by:
Poligratis, Ezeikiel B.

Submitted to:
Ms. Mary Catherine Bernadette P. Barcelo
Practical Research Adviser
 CHAPTER 1

Introduction

The problem that needs to be addressed is a lack of practice in proper waste

management. Ng (2018), explains "As there are many different forms of waste, there are also

different forms of collecting and processing waste." trash can be solid or liquid. Electronic

waste, hazardous trash, medical waste, and organic garbage are all examples of waste. (Ng,

2018).

Schools have usually been one of society's largest garbage producers. According to Breyer

(2012), 55.9 million pupils from elementary through high school were enrolled in 2012. As a

result, the amount of garbage generated would be large. Apolonio (2019), the total organic

waste which consists of food, milk, and paper, revealed a staggering amount of 81.5% of the

waste generated per student. Schools can create sustainable initiatives by adopting two

approaches to converting school food waste – the system of reusing, reducing, and recycling.

Globally, waste management studies in schools have been conducted to address the

waste problem. In the Philippines, proper waste management is a crucial problem not only for

schools but for the whole country. In accordance with Sections 55-56 of Republic Act 9003, also

known as The Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, the Philippine National Government is

required to work with the Department of Education (DepEd) and other educational institutions

to strengthen the integration of environmental concerns into school curricula to all levels, with

a focus on the theories and practices of SWM. This encourages the general public to become

more aware of SWM practices.

 Studies on solid waste management are few and receive little emphasis in basic

education. So, senior high school students were used in this study. The senior high school

curriculum has recently been incorporated into the fundamental education, that originate back

to R.A. The Enhanced Basic Education of 2013 or Act No. 10533 was passed. The researcher

wants to figure out how much senior high school students know about solid waste

management, where their knowledge comes from, and how they manage their solid waste

because they spend 12 years in basic education with environmental awareness and education

integrated into their curricula.

Review of Related Literature

Local Literature

Awareness of solid waste management will create change on how people look at

garbage. People grew up thinking that garbage is garbage, it should not be touched or one

should not go near to it. They thought before that all types of garbage should just be thrown in

one container (Sarino, 2018).

Villanueva (2013) said that education is an important component of solid waste

management that should be present to establish a good program for the community.

Barloa et al. (2014) noted the inclusion of relevant topics – with emphasis on proper

SWM and other solid waste-issues – in the curriculum of is recommended to promote

awareness on environmental issues and improve attitude of college students towards

environmentally-sustainable practices.
 Magante (2013) in the study entitled, “The Disaster of Non-Compliance to Solid Waste

Management Act in the Philippines “emphasized how the policy article aims to bring the public

attention to a critical environmental law and its serious implications on the fate of human

security. Also, the study presents the salient provisions ofRA9003 as well as the environmental

dangers which actually resulted from non-observance of the law. In addition, this policy brief

hopes to create awareness on environmental security and sustainable development by heeding

the lessons of undermining waste management.

In the study of Abocejo and Vivar (2015) entitled “Village-Extent Solid Waste

Management in Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines”, it concluded that the awareness of the residents

and business establishments in the barangay about solid waste management is high. Thus, the

practices and compliance of residents indicates the knowledge and training they have acquired.

Arabaca, et al. (2015) in their study entitled, “Level of Environmental Considerations and

Protection from Waste Problems at Iligan City National High School, Iligan City, Philippines

”recommended that improved education, information and communication actions must be

undertaken and that these must be translated into the schools and 31 students plans of

activities, development agenda, and other relevant undertakings. As a learning institution it is

then the nature of the school to provide transformational learning experiences that promote

environmentally sustainable action and that educator’s role is to help students to gain

experiences from the classroom to foster new generations of environmental leaders

Foreign Literature

Statement of the Problem(s)

Conceptual Framework
 Theoretical Framework

CHAPTER 2

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Research Design

Participants of the Study

Instrumentation

Data Gathering Procedure

Data Analysis

CHAPTER 3

Conclusion

Recommendations

References

Ng, D. (2018, March 23). Definition of Waste Disposal.

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Breyer, M. (2012, August 16). The Shocking Stats Behind Back -to-School Waste (Infographic).
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 Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Ezeikiel B. Poligratis

Address: 1323 D. Burgos, Paco Manila

Date of Birth: July 8 2006

Place of Birth: Manila

Gender: Male

Age: 17

Father’s Name: Ryan Louie Poligratis

Mother’s Name: Elizabeth Poligratis

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Elementary: Celedonio A. Salvador

Secondary: Manuel A. Roxas High School