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Environmental & Health Impact To Residents of Iligan City With The MRF System - Research - SHS
Environmental & Health Impact To Residents of Iligan City With The MRF System - Research - SHS
A Research Proposal
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for
PRACTICAL RESEARCH II
Eltanal, Jaebelle
Jaylo, Syrah Joy
Ramayan, Vianca Ysabel
Solon, Mikaila Remia
Semptember 2019
ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER COLLEGE – ILIGAN
San Miguel, Iligan City, Philippines
APPROVAL SHEET
This Quantitative research proposal, entitled “Environmental and Health Impact of the
Ineffective Maintenance of the Landfill To The Residents of Barangay Bonbonon, Iligan
City”, prepared and submitted by Jaebelle Eltanal, Syrah Joy Jaylo, Vianca Ysabel Ramayan
and Mikaila Remia Solon.
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Panel Member
GENEVIEVE C. TONOG,RND,MSc
Adviser
Research Instructor
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Principal, High School Department
ABSTRACT
This study will analyze the Solid Waste Management and Environmental and Health
Impact of the landfill at barangay Bonbonon, Iligan City. The research includes 10
participants with the age of 30-65 years old and a resident of barangay Bonbonon. Non-
probability sampling method will be used in this study, specifically the purposive or non
judgmental sampling. The gathering of the data will be made with the use of modified
questionnaire where the participants will be asked about their insights regarding the
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORSHIP
I certify that the work in this research has not previously been submitted for a degree
nor has it been submitted as part of requirements for a degree except as fully acknowledged
I also certify that the research has been written by me. Any help that I have received
in my research work and the preparation of the research itself has been acknowledged. In
addition, I certify that all information sources and literature used are indicated in the paper.
Jaebelle Elnatal
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE i
APPROVAL SHEET ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ABSTRACT iii
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORSHIP iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS v-vi
LIST OF TABLES vii
LIST OF FIGURES viii
LIST OF ACRONYMS ix
CHAPTER
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2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 9-14
3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design 15-16
3.2 Population and Sampling Techniques 16
3.3 Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria 17
3.4 Instrumentation 17
3.5 Ethical Consideration 18
3.6 Data Gathering Procedure 18
3.7 Statistical Treatment 18
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusion and Recommendation
REFERENCES 19-20
GANTT CHART 21
BUDGETARY ALLOCATION 21
CURRICULUM VITAE 22-25
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LIST OF TABLES
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LIST OF FIGURES
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LIST OF ACRONYMS
RA Republic Act
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Chapter 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION
In regards with environmental and health concern, water contamination and waste
issue had become one of the most common causes that contributed to increasing health and
ecological risks. Water bodies are the major subjects to contamination, from various
contaminants, both natural and artificial. Some of this is commonly disposed irresponsibly
from power plants, mining industries, and other industries facilities, directly poses harm to
the nearest water bodies. Solid waste issue could become more dangerous, especially nearby
urban or rural areas would be affected and the sustenance of the neighborhood, and could
also affect the vegetation in the area and become toxic both environmental and ecological.
When large volume of contaminants is present in the water, it increases the chances of
exposure of humans and other life forms in affected area to toxic and harmful contaminants.
For affected rural areas, drinking contaminated water would be a major contributor to
people’s exposure to pollutants, that could be harmful in many ways. One of the causes of
water contamination is the leachate composition that resulted from improper treatment of
waste from the landfill. The facility build a landfill but failed to continue because it lacks the
capacity to carry the required standard engineering design and facilities to waste treatment
and affect the public vicinity. Meanwhile, Solid Waste Management Act in the Philippines or
RA 9003 of 2000 is a law to control the waste of the people and uses the treatment box in
which seize 20 tons but 80-100 tons of wastes collects from 31 barangays to open dumpsite
daily. The government used the material recovery facility that could help monitors the
amount of contaminant that segregates the wastes but it became pretermitted afterwards.
Based on the problems, the researchers aim to increase awareness about the
consequences of improper management and mistreatment of leachate that could affect the
health of the people. The maintenance of wastes of the locals specifically, the residences and
future residences in the area and in the city can also be a result of lack of awareness about the
consequences. Thus, the researchers conducted this study in the form of surveying the effects
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1.2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
The chart above shows the relationship of the variables in the study. The
independent variables are the given factors that are fixed, usually directed to the dependency
of other variables. The causes of contamination and a riskier surrounding is due to the
improper waste disposal and segregation of garbage in the dumpsite of Brgy. Bonbonon,
Iligan City.
The study about the maintenance of the waste and water, leachate contamination
survey concerning ground and surface water affecting the human health reserves in Brgy.
1. Does the waste treatment facility fail to pass the standard engineering design and
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3. How does the treatment box that seize and filtered the waste help to maintain the
The General objectives of the study is to identify the environmental and health impact of
1. Assess and gather data of the effects of the leachate contamination and unsegregated waste
of the Bonbonon dumpsite to the environment and residents of Brgy. Bonbonon, Iligan City.
2.The researchers aim to identify the perceptions of the residents of Brgy. Bonbonon, Iligan
City regarding the leachate contamination and unsegregated waste in the Bonbonon
dumpsite; and
3. The researchers aim to identify the benefits of the residents of Brgy. Bonbonon, Iligan City
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1.5 HYPOTHESIS OF THE STUDY
Ho. The failure of landfill leachate management has no effects to health and environment.
Ha. The failure of landfill leachate management has effects to health and environment
This study aims to survey the human health and the waste treatment facility and
contamination of the groundwater, surface within the vicinity and some areas of Brgy.
Bonbonon, Iligan City. This can help contribute to the local government and the current
administration the solution and brief understanding to assess the underlying problems
associated by the under standard management of the solid waste management and its
underlying risks to human health and environment. This study is beneficial for the following;
Residents and Locals. It is beneficial to the locals and future residencies of the city
specifically in providing awareness and assessment to the risks and underlying hazards of
exposure to harmful contaminants and other risks involving the usage of contaminated water
sources ad vegetation.
Government. This can help assessing the local government for the current problems
and effects present and affecting the residents near the area where the landfill and waste
that will raise awareness and understanding to the risk and effects existing from the solid
waste program.
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1.7 Scope and Limitations
This study is limited to the understanding of locality and groundwater reserves within
the vicinity of the wastes treatment facility, and some parts of Barangay Bonbonon near the
dumpsite. The researchers will only focus on the areas of Barangay Bonbonon within the city
of Iligan where the Waste Treatment Facility and Central Material Recovery Facility are
located. The researchers used the quantitative method of gathering the data using survey
questionnaires and will be answered by the residence using human health and environmental
problem.
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1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Leachate It is any liquid that, in the course of passing through matter, extracts
no. 9003 of 2000 creating the necessary institutional mechanisms and incentives,
Materials or Multi re-use facility is a specialized plant that receives, separates and
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Chapter 2
This chapter will present the related studies and literature after the the thorough and deep
search done by the researchers. This part of the research will also present the ideas, articles,
writings, conclusions, methodologies and others. The things that will be included in this chapter
will help in familiarizing the information that are relevant and similar to the present study.
Related Literature
omnipresent and unique in terms of their site, fomation, design and biological activity but vary a
lot in according to their age, decomposition, engineering and ecological practices. Landfills are
very common and are already used since then it has been the most common method of municipal
solid waste management worldwide. The purpose of these is to bury and hide the wastes that
humans create in a way that will be isolated from ground water and anything that can cause
contamination and pollution but activities that humans created usually and some natural
processes usually coexist in the ecosystem development of leachate and gasses. Other names for
landfills could be, garbage dump, rubbish dump, Most closed landfills become habitats of
One of the major downside of a landfill is the odor that it gives out to the nearby places
of it is location which can be very intense especially if it is not properly managed. Landfill
leachate occurs when rainwater penetrate and percolate through the waste that gives a major
impact in the environment and causes harm to the people and threaten their livelihood. There are
modern landfills nowadays which are designed and created to prevent the formation, production
and movement of leachate and gas to minimize the problems caused by wind – blown litter, pest.
and odor operation. Landfills like these are either containment or entombment type that buries
wastes and separates it from the society to avoid harmful effects. While older type of landfills the
dilution and attenuation type of landfills that make use of a special substance or substratum that
help reduce the pollution. With landfills like these, problems that come in line with attenuation
and dilutions are very common. Landfills that has with majority number of solid wastes are
abundant sources of water pollution. Aside from that, landfills that are not properly managed can
also cause environmental problems such as, explosions, dust and air emission and vegetation
damage. Landfills differ depending on the waste that they receive it could either be hazardous or
History of Landfills
Over the past few decades, early landfills were called dumps with no effort to cover or
isolate wastes unlike today. Trash were also tossed or thrown into the streets and into our living
areas. Human wastes were simple thrown outside the gates of the individual households which
was still okay back then but as places became more populated and diseases started to spread,
mankind realized that improper waste disposal make a certain city a center of diseases and by
this, supplies of clean water and production of clean food can also be affected.
In 1979, the Environmental Protection Agency or EPA created or developed the first ever
criteria regarding the proper waste disposal on landfills and the places where landfills can be
appropriately located. This criteria includes include the operational standards of landfills in
order to reduce the spread of diseases and to protect the surface and the ground water. In 1984,
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act or RCRA required the Environmental protection
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agency to change and enhance the said criteria and so, on 1991 a new criteria was released with
new federal standards about the solid waste management that where in assurance was given that
The Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965 or SWDA paved way on the division of waste
categories and began the process of developing the sanitary and proper disposal of wastes and
The reasons for the changing of practice, from openly burning trash to organized landfills
are obvious. Burning of trash can cause air pollution through the smoke it creates and dumping
wastes on water is not a good idea. There was no proper guidance regarding the disposal of
wastes back then. Clearly, replacing these open dumps with closed landfills would give more
guidelines. It will become more complex but a safer method of disposal (Hickman, 2016).
Iligan City was entitled one of the cleanest and richest city in the Philippines on July
2017 by Present Rodrigo Duterte. They also had pictures and videos to prove that Iligan City is
one of the cleanest and richest place in the Philippines but little did the people know that that was
On 2000, the former mayor of Iligan City commissioned to develop the Solid Waste Plan of
Iligan city which means a sanitary landfill in Iligan City. Unfortunately, the city mayor lost the
elections, the plan was then discarded ad forgotten and the throwing of human wastes continued
at barangay Santiago Iligan City, the only landfill back then. According to some residents, only
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10% of the area was unfilled with wastes which led to the affection of their health and their daily
living. Years passed, another mayor was elected and the problem with the city’s waste became
bigger. The city mayor directed all officials the no segregation, no collection will be impleted but
On August 2013, a 5 hectares sanitary landfill was opened at Bonbonon Iligan City in
order to hold the waste of the whole City but it turned out to be a open dumpsite wherein the
wastes are mixed all together without proper segregation with different chemicals that can cause
danger and can harm the people living in the area especially if it mixes with the ground water
which people normally drink also, open dumpsites are already banned according to Republic Act
9003, The Ecological Solid Waste Management of 2000. Because of the combination of the
different kinds of wastes, instead of keeping it clean, controlled and filtered, it became a
mountain of unsegregated wastes. The Iligan City government has already placed a treatment
box at the end of the landfill in order to filter the leachate of the wastes but because of the
mountainous wastes, the said treatment box cannot cater all the dump which makes most of the
leachate untreated and mixes with natural water. The residents of the place are very open about
their sentiments on the said situation regarding the awful smell of the wastes in the landfill.
There are machines that separate or segregate biodegradable, non biodegradable and other kinds
of waste such as the MRF or the Materials Recovery Facility but instead all the waste go directly
to the landfill. A single MRF can only accommodate 20 tons of wastes materials a day but the
landfill receives . about 80 – 100 tons of wastes a day from the 31 different barangays in the city
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Environmental Impact
The risk from waste leachate and waste remains are due to its high contaminant
concentrations and high concentration of ammonia. The sewer environmental practices and
habits make the species that inhabit the planet in danger including human beings. Leachate
contamination affects both water bodies: surface and ground water, and soil that surrounds the
landfill and neighboring plantations. Groundwater which is in water level beneath the earth
surface is considered the most important natural resource to mankind. It is the primary source for
human consumption, agriculture, and industrial purposes. In the past few decades, due to
population growth, rapid urbanization, and industrialization, ground-water quantity and quality
has been deteriorated especially in the developing countries, such as Philippines. As the
groundwater is an important part of the hydrological cycle, it is more prone to various sources of
contamination. Landfills have been identified as one of the major threats of ground-water
resources. Most importantly, the groundwater located near the landfills or dumpsites is highly
polluted due to the leachate produced from it. The toxic leachate rich in organic and inorganic
unsuitable for the human sustenance. Construction and management of landfills also have
ecological effects that may lead to landscape changes, loss of habitats and displacement of
fauna. Socio-economic impacts of landfills include risks for public health derived from
surface or groundwater contamination by leachate, the diffusion of litter into the wider
environment and inadequate on-site recycling activities. Nuisances such as flies, odors, smoke
and noise are frequently cited among the reasons why people do not want to reside close to
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Overtime, pollution due to waste disposal has been a very serious problem due to the
serious consequences on the health of people and animal and the state of the community.
Improper waste disposal is a deadly practice. Water, air, soil and all other kinds of pollution
can be a result of improper waste disposal when either of those mentioned are already
contaminated, wildlife, the nature and human beings lives will be at risk, this also cause the
Apart from that, improper disposal also cause humans to acquire diseases that may
cause death. For instance, drinking contaminated water or eating contaminated food can be
The substances that are present in landfill gas are known to contribute to
ecosystem as well as social issues like human health . Apart from the environmental
burdens, occupation and requirement of the enormous space for landfills generates the issue
of land scarcity for the development of human society and eco systems. Leachate can
migrate through the soil to groundwater or even to surface water due to the absence of
proper construction or damages to the facilities and this results a serious problem as water
level require extensive time periods for rehabilitation. Moreover, soil can retain the
constituents of the leachate like metals and nutrients and can cause adverse impacts on
the eco system. A number of studies revealed that there is a higher risk of developing cancer
and other diseases among the people near landfill sites. Therefore, leachate can highly
contaminate both the surface groundwater and soil if not properly managed, specifically in
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CHAPTER 3
METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the research methodology that will be applied in this study. It
includes the description of samples of the study, sample collection method, data analysis and
This research is a descriptive type and a cross- sectional study. This research method
aims to know the environmental and impacts of the landfill of Bonbonon to its residents and
the implementation of solid waste management in accordance to their perspectives and its
RESEARCH LOCALE
This study will be conducted in one of the barangays located in Iligan City namely
barangay Bonbonon, this barangay is suited for this study because there is a landfill in the
place that has not been managed properly and has become and open dumpsite. The
researchers will analyze the data by compiling the response and answers that will be given by
the respondents. This will help the researchers have a clearer view and a strong stand in the
topic regarding the local’s comprehension of the implementation of the Iligan City’s
The study will use 25 respondents from barangay Bonbonon. The respondents’ age
will range from 30-65 especially those who are residing in the area for more than 2 years,
realistic views and experiences that will be gathered will contribute to the development of the
study.
judgmental sampling, and the correlation of availability sampling. As the study implies the
local’s views toward the implementation of the Solid Waste Management Program in the city,
hence, it needs respondents who are available for interview and rich in experience essential
to the study. This will enable the researchers to collect significant data essential for the study,
ecological solid waste management on one of the barangays located in Iligan city.
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3.3 INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA
City who are affected of the ineffective maintenance of the landfill of both sex with the age
range of 30-60 years old. Exclusion criteria includes, residents who have not lived in the are
for more than 2 years, residents that are 30 years old below and residents who have inability
3.4 INSTRUMENTATION
Modified questionnaires will be used to determine the different views and opinions of
The instruments that will be used in the study will be taken from the questionnaires.
The questionnaire that will be used will have the following components. 1) Profile of the
respondents in connection with their views on the implementation of ecological solid waste
management. The respondents of this research will indicate their age, years of residency, and
their names will be kept confidential. 2) The incidence of the occurrences regarding the
implementation of the solid waste management program in Brgy. Bonbonon for the past 6
years. The respondents will indicate their response by answering the question imposed by the
researchers basing to what they really think and feel about the specified questions in the
prepared questionnaire. The data that the researchers will gather from the questions that will
be answered by the respondents will become the basis for the conclusion of the study.
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3.5 ETHICAL CONSIDERATION
paramount. The respondents will be given a consent letter for them to sign and certify the
legitimacy of the answers from the respondents. With this consent, the willingness of the
The researchers will distribute the questionnaires to the respondents, then a group
interview will be done. The researchers will use a group interview on the actual site then the
data will be gathered after the interview. After the compilation of answers, the researchers
will conceptualize the views of the respondents regarding the statement of the problem and
will be assessed. The study aims to know the perceptions of the residents regarding their
situation and the effects of the landfill to the people especially to their environment and their
daily lives.
After gathering the data, the researchers will conduct Descriptive analysis through
Data Coding, by means of categorizing common variables gathered from the respondents.
After these steps, the data is ready for analysis. The researches will summarize the data and
find patterns through the following common descriptive statistics: Mean, Median, Mode ,
Percentage, Frequency, Range and it will be followed with descriptions for every distribution
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