Describe it NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE IN A WORLD FULL OF WASTES. •BUT AS A STUDENT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING OR WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HAVE A CLEAN AND GREEN PLACE WHERE YOU WANT TO LIVE IN? BASURA TUMINGIN SA KAPALIGIRAN DITO, DOON, DIYAN. MAKIKITA KUNG SAAN-SAAN, BASURA NAGDADAMIHAN. MGA TAO NAGREREKLAMO, KAPALIGIRAN DAW AY MABAHO TANONG KO NAMA’Y “ANONG BAGO?” KUNG DISIPLINA’Y WALA SA TAO. MGA TAO, BATA, MATANDA, LINGON SA KANAN, SA KALIWA. KUNG WALANG NAKAKAKITA AY BIGLA TAPON NALANG NG WALANG HIYA. NANDIDIRI SA MARURUMI, HINDI NAMAN MADISPLINA ANG SARILI! SA PAGKAKALAT WILING-WILI, KAIBIGAN, MAGHUNOS DILI! MAY PA-STARBUCKS KA PA, BASO NAMA’Y ITINATAPON SA KALSADA. MALINIS NAMAN AT MAGANDA, PERO ANG UTAK ASAN NGA BA? MAGAGANDANG PASYALAN, GINAGAWANG BASURAHAN! GISING NA KAIBIGAN! ANO KA BA NAMAN?! MUNDONG ITO AY ISANG REGALO, SA’YO, SA KANYA, SA BAWAT TAO. TAYO NANG SIMULAN ANG PAGBABAGO AT IPAGPATULOY HANGGANG DULO. 5 R’S OF WASTE MANAGEMENT WHAT ARE THOSE? -WENDY PERALTAREPORTER WHAT IS A WASTE? -WASTE ARE UNWANTED OR UNUSABLE MATERIALS. WASTE IS ANY SUBSTANCE WHICH IS DISREGARDED AFTER PRIMARY USE, OR IS WORTHLESS, DETECTIVE AND OF NO USE. -WHEN A MATERIAL CAN NO LONGER BE USED AFTER IT HAS SERVED IT'S PURPOSE, IT IS CONSIDERED AS WASTE. HOW MUCH WASTE DOES THE PHILIPPINES PRODUCES EVERYDAY? • ABOUT 35, 580 TONS OF GARBAGE IS GENERATED EVERYDAY IN THE PHILIPPINES. ON THE AVERAGE, EACH PERSON IN THE COUNTRY PRODUCES ABOUT 0.5 KG AND 0.3 KG OF GARBAGE EVERY DAY IN THE URBAN AND RURAL AREAS. • FOR METRO MANILA, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 8,636 TONS OF GARBAGE IS GENERATED PER DAY, I.E., 0.7 KG PER PERSON PER DAY DUE TO ITS MORE MODERNIZED LIFESTYLE. THE HOUSEHOLD IS THE MAJOR SOURCE OF WASTE IN THE PHILIPPINES AT 74%. MOREOVER, OF THE TOTAL SOLID WASTE GENERATED FROM HOUSEHOLDS, 95% CAN STILL BE REUSED OR RECYCLED (43%), OR TURNED INTO COMPOST (52%). ONLY 5% IS MADE UP OF RESIDUALS (4%) AND SPECIAL/HAZARDOUS WASTE (1%) THAT ARE NO LONGER USABLE OR BIODEGRADABLE (JICA WASTE CHARACTERIZATION STUDY, 1997). • (VIDEO ACCOMPANIED) 5 R’S OF WASTE MANAGEMENT • REDUCE • REUSE + REPAIR+REPURPOSE • RECYCLE • REFUSE • ROT PREFIX RE- •MEANS AGAIN OR ANEW REDUCE • REDUCE SIMPLY MEANS TO LESSEN THE AMOUNT OF TRASH THAT WILL ADD TO THE ENVIRONMENT. • “REDUCE” IN THE CONTEXT OF ZERO WASTE MIGHT MEAN LETTING GO OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS THAT ARE NO LONGER OF USE AND DONATING, OR SELLING THESE, THEREBY ALLEVIATING CLUTTER AND CREATING SPACE. “REDUCING” MIGHT ALSO MEAN SHOPPING WITH A PURPOSE AND FOCUSING ON NECESSARY PURCHASES AS OPPOSED TO RANDOM SPLURGES ON THINGS THAT YOU DON’T REALLY NEED. • WAYS TO REDUCE TRASH - BUY RECHARGEABLE BATTERY INSTEAD OF DISPOSABLE BATTERIES. - BUY PRODUCTS THAT HAVE BIGGER PACKS REUSE+ REPAIR+ REPURPOSE • TO USE AN ITEM AGAIN. • REUSE MEANS TO FIND OTHER USES FOR MATERIALS THAT ARE ALREADY USED. • IT SIMPLY MEANS SWITCHING UP DISPOSABLE ITEMS FOR REUSABLE AND PERMANENT ALTERNATIVES. WAYS: * THIS MEANS SOURCING A REUSABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINER AND CARRYING IT WITH YOU WHEN YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT. IT MEANS CARRYING REUSABLE CUTLERY WITH YOU AS A MEASURE TO AVOID DISPOSABLE CUTLERY. A REFILLABLE GLASS BOTTLE, OR STAINLESS STEEL WATER BOTTLE IS YOUR TICKET TO PARTING WAYS WITH PLASTIC BOTTLES FOR GOOD! ARM YOURSELF WITH AN ASSORTMENT OF REUSABLE FABRIC BAGS FOR YOUR PRODUCE AND OTHER UNPACKAGED FOODS! JARS, YES, JARS! THESE WILL BECOME YOUR TRUSTY ALLIES, SERVING AS YOUR LUNCH BOX, DRINKING GLASS, TUPPERWARE, FREEZER BAG, BULK FOOD STORAGE, DEODORANT CONTAINER, TOOTHPASTE HOLDER AND PERFORMING ANY NUMBER OF IMAGINABLE FUNCTIONS! • BRING YOUR OWN SHOPPING BAGS TO THE STORE • DONATE USED CLOTHING • REUSE AND REPURPOSE JARS • REPAIR BROKEN ITEMS. REPURPOSE OLD CLOTHES, OR HOUSEHOLD ITEMS! RECYCLE • RECYCLE WHAT YOU CAN’T REFUSE, REDUCE, OR REUSE. • TO COLLECT ITEMS SUCH AS NEWSPAPER, BOTTLES, AND CANS AND BRING TO A PLANT WHERE THEY CAN BE MADE INTO SOMETHING NEW AGAIN. • RECYCLE MEANS CREATING A NEW PRODUCT OUT OF A MATERIAL THAT ALREADY SERVED IT'S PURPOSE. -PAPER RECYCLING -BOTTLE RECYCLING DID YOU KNOW?? --THAT RECYCLING TWO ALUMINUM CANS SAVE ENOUGH ENERGY TO POWER A TELEVISION? REFUSE • REFUSE WHAT YOU DON’T NEED. • AVOID PURCHASING OR USING ITEMS THAT ARE NOT RECYCLABLE. • THE FIRST STEP TO MINIMIZING ONE’S WASTE OUTPUT IS TO PREVENT THE WASTE FROM ENTERING YOUR HOME (OR YOUR HANDS) IN THE FIRST PLACE. • THE “REFUSE” STEP INVOLVES SAYING “NO” TO WASTE IN THE FORMS OF SINGLE-USE DISPOSABLES LIKE BAGS, STRAWS, CUTLERY, CUPS, AS WELL AS TO JUNK MAIL, PROMOTIONAL FREEBIES AND OTHER SHORT-LIVED NON-NECESSITIES THAT HAVE A ONE-WAY TICKET TO THE GARBAGE BIN. • SAYING “NO” TO WASTE CAN BE JUST AS CHALLENGING AS SAYING “NO” TO PEOPLE, OR TO SITUATIONS THAT DO NOT SERVE US. IT DOESN’T HAVE TO COME ACROSS AS HARSH; A FIRM AND FRIENDLY “NO, THANK YOU” WILL SUFFICE. A THOUGHTFUL EXPLANATION MIGHT BE THE CATALYST FOR MOTIVATING REAL CHANGE IN THE PEOPLE WITH WHOM YOU INTERACT. ROT • COMPOST! • THERE ARE A FEW POSSIBILITIES TO COMPOST YOUR OWN HOUSEHOLD WASTE. THE FIRST IS AN OUTDOOR GARDEN COMPOST, WHICH CAN TAKE THE FORM OF A PILE, A BOX, OR UNIT THAT CAN BE PURCHASED, OR BUILT YOURSELF. • ALLOW THOUSANDS OF WORMS TO TRANSFORM YOUR ORGANIC WASTE INTO MINERAL RICH GARDEN SOIL IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME! RA 9003 AKA SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT • AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, CREATING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS AND INCENTIVES, DECLARING CERTAIN ACTS PROHIBITED AND PROVIDING PENALTIES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE, AND OTHER PURPOSES. • PROHIBITS THE LITTERING, THROWING, DUMPING OF WASTE MATTERS IN PUBLIC PLACES, OR CAUSING OR PERMITTING THE SAME. • ANY PERSON WHO COMMITS THIS OFFENSE SHALL, UPON CONVICTION, BE FINED FOR NOT LESS 1000 PESOS OR RENDER COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR NOT LESS THAN ONE DAY TO NOT MORE THAN 15 DAYS TO AN LGU WHERE SUCH PROHIBITED ACTS ARE COMMITTED. • IN GENERAL, THE REDUCTION, REUSE AND RECYCLING SYSTEM, AND ULTIMATE DISPOSAL IN ENVIRONMENTALLY SANITARY LANDFILL IN THE PHILIPPINES, UNFORTUNATELY, COULD STILL BE CONSIDERED AS NOT EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT IN ATTAINING A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT AND IN DECREASING THE COUNTRY’S GHG EMISSION AND ITS EFFECT TO A LOCAL AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS IS MANIFESTED BY THE LOW COMPLIANCE OF LGUS TO REPUBLIC ACT 9003 AND RAMPANT LITTERING AND UNHEALTHY PRACTICE OF BURNING WASTES IN SOME OPEN DUMPS AND AREAS. HENCE, WE BELIEVE THAT THE KEY TO EFFECTIVE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES IS FIRSTLY THE POLITICAL WILL OF THE LGUS TO INNOVATIVELY COMPLY WITH RA 9003, THROUGH MOBILIZATION AND PARTICIPATION OF COMMUNITY, PRIVATE AND INFORMAL WASTE SECTORS TOWARDS MINIMIZING SOLID WASTE AND UPLIFTING THE ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE VULNERABLE GROUPS OF WASTE PICKERS, BUYERS AND SCAVENGERS. •ANY QUESTION? EVALUATION 1. AN ACT THAT PROHIBITS THE LITTERING, THROWING, DUMPING OF WASTE MATTERS IN PUBLIC PLACES. 2. TO COLLECT ITEMS SUCH AS NEWSPAPER, BOTTLES, AND CANS AND BRING TO A PLANT WHERE THEY CAN BE MADE INTO SOMETHING NEW AGAIN. 3. - 4) EACH PERSON IN THE COUNTRY PRODUCES ABOUT ___KG AND ___ KG OF GARBAGE EVERY DAY IN THE URBAN AND RURAL AREAS. 5. AVOID PURCHASING OR USING ITEMS THAT ARE NOT RECYCLABLE. Cheating is a sin, not asukal 6. WHAT IS MRF? 7. RA 9003 IS EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTED IN THE COUNTRY. (TRUE/FALSE) 8. MEANS TO LESSEN THE AMOUNT OF TRASH THAT WILL ADD TO THE ENVIRONMENT. 9. PERTAINING TO ANSWER TO NUMBER 1, THIS ACT IS ALSO KNOW AS WHAT? 10. REUSE + REPAIR+_________?_________ THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! 1. RA 9003 2. RECYCLE 3. 0.5 4. 0.3 5. REFUSE 6. MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY 7. FALSE 8. REDUCE 9. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT 10. REPURPOSE Answers!
