NSTP-CWTS

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Ecological Solid Waste
Management
 What is R.A No. 9003?

• Known as the “Ecological Solid Waste

Management act of 2000”
• An act which requires municipalities to dispose of
waste in a sanitary and environmentally friendly
manner.
• Improper solid waste disposal is probably the
most important environmental concern facing
local government.
• Signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
 What are the salient features of R.A
No. 9003?
a. Creation of the National Solid Waste Management Commission
(NSWMC), the National Ecology Center (NEC) and the Solid Waste
Management Board in every province, city and municipality in the
country.
b. Formulation of the National Solid Waste Management Framework.
c. Mandatory segregation of solid waste to be conducted primarily at
the source such as household, institutional, industrial, commercial and
agricultural sources;
d. Setting of minimum requirements to ensure systematic collection
and transport of wastes and the proper protection of the health of
garbage collectors;
e. Establishments of reclamation programs and buy-back centers for
recyclable and toxic materials;
 What are the salient features
of R.A No. 9003?
f. Promotion of eco-labeling in local products and services;
g. Prohibition on non-environmentally acceptable products and packaging;
h. Establishment of Materials Recovery Facility in every barangay or cluster of
barangays;
i. Prohibition against the use of open dumps;
j. Setting of guidelines/ criteria for the establishment of controlled dumps and
sanitary landfills;
k. Provision of rewards, incentives both fiscal and non-fiscal, financial
assistance, grants and the like to encourage LGUs and the general public to
undertake effective solid waste managements; and
l. Promotion of research on solid waste management and environmental
education in the formal and non-formal sectors.
 How can we help solve the solid
waste problem?
Prohibited:
a. littering, throwing, dumping of waste materials in public
places like roads, sidewalks, canals, esteros, parks and
establishments;
b. Open burning solid waste;
c. Allowing the collection of non-segregated or unsorted
water;
d. Squatting in open dumps and landfills;
e. Open dumping or burying of biodegradable and non-
biodegradable materials in flood-prone areas;
 How can we help solve the
solid waste problem?

f. Unauthorized removal of recyclable material with

other solid waste in any vehicle box, container or
receptacle used in solid waste collection or
disposable;
g. Mixing of source-separated recyclable material with
other solid waste in any vehicle, box, container or
receptacle used in solid waste collection or disposal;
h. manufacture, distribution or use of non-
environmentally acceptable packaging materials;
i. Establishments or operation of open dumps; and
j. Importation of consumer products package in non-
environmentally acceptable materials.
 Classification of Solid Wastes

Table 1. Sources and Types of Solid Waste

Source Facility Types of Waste
Domestic Single family dwelling, multi-family Food, paper, packaging, glass, metals, ashes,
dwelling, low, medium and high rise bulky household waste, hazardous
apartments household waste.
Commercial Shops, restaurants, markets, office Food, paper, packaging, glass, metals, ashes,
buildings, hotels and motels, institutions bulky household, hazardous household
waste
Industrial Fabrication, light and heavy manufacturing Industrial process waste, metals, lumbers,
refineries, chemical plants, mining, power plastic, oils, hazardous waste
generation
Construction and Solid, concrete, timber, steel, plastic, glass,
Demolition vegetation
Agricultural Waste Pesticides and farm waste
 Hazardous Waste Management

A comprehensive and integrated management of toxic

substances and hazardous wastes which adheres to the waste
management hierarchy of source reduction, recycling,
treatment and safe disposal for the protection of personnel,
environment and property.
 Four Characteristics of Hazardous Wastes

1. Ignitable- the substance causes or enhances fires

2. Corrosive- the substance destroys tissues or metals
3. Reactive- the substance reacts with others and may explode
4. Toxic- the substance is a danger to health, water food and
air.

The three Main Goals of Hazardous Waste

Management
1. Protection of the environment
2. Improvement of Public Health
3. Conservation of Energy
 Integrated Solid Waste Management
(ISWM)

• It is the selection of combination of techniques,

technologies and management programs to
achieve waste management objectives.
Source Reduction and
Minimization

Hierarchy of ISWM Recycling and Reuse

Transformation

Landfill
 Zero Waste Management

Is an ecological method of
handlings wastes that does not
degrade the environment nor
pollute air, water, soil and
facilitate their sanitary
retrieval, reuse or recycling.
This is one of the most friendly,
economical tool of contributing
ecological welfare for human
beings and the community
 Three (3) components of Modern Waste
Reduction
1. Reuse. Means re-utilization of
materials for particular
purpose.
2. Reduce. The process of
lessening the fresh raw
materials that affects air,
water and land pollution
through proper waste
disposal.
3. Recycling. Involves
processing used, unwanted
materials (waste) into new
products to prevent waste of
potentially useful materials