SOLID WASTE

MANAGEMENT

ORLAZA, MARVIN G.
WASTE
DISPOSAL
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,
INTRODUCTION

Waste Disposal is the human control of the collection, treatment and disposal
of wastes. Proper waste disposal must be observed in order to reduce the
negative impacts waste has on environment and society.
Production of waste is directly linked to the human development,
both technologically and socially. The composition of different wastes has
varied over time and location. Industrial development and innovation today is
being directly linked to waste materials. Many different types of waste have
negative impacts on the environment such as pollution on land, air and water.
Generation and improper disposal of chemical wastes coming from the
hospitals, laboratories, factories and even geothermal plants makes the
environment vulnerable and society unstable.
 SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
The increasing and non-stop generation of solid
waste brought about by economic development and
rapid urbanization is one of the major problems of the
country particularly in Metro Manila area. The problem of
today’s solid waste, if improperly handled, carries
implications not only for our environment but also for the
health and well being of future generations. When waste
ends up where it is not supposed to be, it becomes
useless, causes pollution, and poses health risks. When it
is used and put in the right place, it becomes a valuable
resource.
The problem…
Waste segregation at the household level is not widely practiced, waste recycling is
minimal, and past efforts to promote waste segregation at source have failed
despite the issuance of penalties for non-compliance

Reasons: indifference of local residents to participate in community waste

management-related activities

: residents’ attitude that government has the sole responsibility over

garbage management

: lack of information and education campaigns

: (government) to address the garbage crisis (in Metro Manila) and

improve overall solid waste management is by mandating households and other
waste generators to segregate at source in order to reduce the wastes collected
and disposed into the disposal sites
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Biodegradable Materials
Non-Biodegradable Materials
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN METRO MANILA

Metro Manila produces 7000 tons of garbage

per day or 2.55 million tons per year and is
expected to double by year 2020 .

Each person produces .57 kilogram of garbage

a day.
By the Numbers
½ kilo the average trash generated per person per day in
Metro Manila, according to the ADB. This translates to 7,000 tons
of trash per day.

Php 3.8 billion the annual total spending of Metro

Manila for garbage collection. This translates to Php1,500 per ton of
garbage or Php10.5 million per day.

Php 3.61 billion will be saved if recyclables and

biodegradables are segregated at source and do not end up in
dumpsites. This translates to cost savings of 95%.
(Source: ADB study, 2003)
WHAT P3.61 BILLION CAN BUY???
– 7,220 classrooms (assuming one classroom is
Php500,000) to benefit 433,200 pupils (if one
classroom holds 60 pupils), or
– 20,056 additional teachers (monthly pay of
Php15,000 per teacher), or
– 20,056 additional policemen (Php15,000 per
policeman monthly), or
– 361 kilometers of roads (at Php10 million per
kilometer), or
– 7,220 additional low-cost houses (Php500,000 per
two-bedroom house
National Law on Solid Waste
Republic Act No. 9003
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 THEREFOR, AND
OTHER PURPOSES
SOLID WASTE
AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROGRAMS

METRO MANILA
MANNER OF COLLECTION

• DOOR TO DOOR
 Manner Of Collection
Curbside or Alley Pick Up
- City determines the place where the garbages
must be collected.
Set-out, set-back Method
-house to house collection
 WASTE DIVERSION

• Recyclables recovery thru MRF and Eco Savers

Program (school-based)
Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
 ENFORCEMENT
PENALTY FOR IMPROPER DISPOSAL =
P2,000.00 or 20-hr. community service or
blood donation
PENALTY FOR UNSEGREGATED
WASTES= P2,000.00
PENALTY FOR LITTERING =P500/pc.
PENALTY FOR BURNING
GARBAGE=P2,000
ECO SAVERS
PROGRAM
 ECO-SAVERS PROGRAM
- Why Eco Savers?
-They want every participant a saver of
ecological system by being aware of sound
environmental practices.

- They want to encourage economic savings

through recycling of garbage
ECO-DAY (SCHOOL)
COMPOSTING FACILITY
 COMPOST
Compost ( /ˈkɒmpɒst/ or /ˈkɒmpoʊst/)
is organic matter that has
been decomposed and recycled as
a fertilizer and soil amendment. Compost is
a key ingredient in organic farming.
COMPOSTING PROCESS
COMPOSITION MARKET WASTE

ANIMAL MANURE
SAW DUST
 APPLICATION
FERTILIZER FOR VEGETABLES & ORNAMENTAL PLANTS
 APPLICATION
Vegetables produced from organic fertilizer
LANDFILL
 A landfill site (also known as tip, dump, rubbish
dump or dumping ground and historically as a midden)
is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and
is the oldest form of waste treatment. Historically,
landfills have been the most common methods of
organized disposal and remain so in many places around
the world. Some landfills are also used for waste
management purposes, such as the temporary storage,
consolidation and transfer, or processing of waste
material (sorting, treatment, or recycling).
 A secure landfill is a carefully engineered
depression in the ground (or built on top of the
ground, resembling a football stadium) into
which wastes are put. The aim is to avoid any
hydraulic [water-related] connection between the
wastes and the surrounding environment,
particularly groundwater. Basically, a landfill is a
bathtub in the ground; a double-lined landfill is
one bathtub inside another. Bathtubs leak two
ways: out the bottom or over the top.
• Dumpsite refers to an area where garbage
materials are dumped in order to separate
Domestic Waste from other types of waste.

• After disposing wastes to dumpsites,

scavengers (ones who separate recyclable
wastes to other types of waste).
• Landfills have special linings on soils to prevent leaks
from contaminating underground waters while
dumpsites don’t have linings.
• Dumpsites are lands where people just dispose their
garbage. Dumpsites don’t have a management to
supervise them. Historically, people just throw their
wastes in these lands because there has been no law
created in the past concerning the proper disposal of
garbage.
• Landfills are very much organized on process
while Dumpsites are not.
• Dumpsites can be converted to Landfills.
• Navotas Dumpsite (10 hectares)
• Payatas Dumpsite (20 hectares)
• Rodriguez Rizal Dumpsite (14 hectares)
 Payatas had a Trashslide. During the
early morning of July 10, 2000, after several
days of rain, a massive 50ft wall of solid
waste slides down on the shanties
immediately adjacent to the dump. To this
day, there is no firm headcount of lives that
were needlessly lost.
Trucks dump
their loads
and let the
garbage be
scavenged.
Only a few minutes
are allowed to
scavenge the load
from the last truck
before a bulldozer is
covering the load to
make space for a
new truck to dump.
WALA NA, FINISH NA