INFORMATION SHEET 5.

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Waste Management

Learning Objectives:

After reading this information sheet, you must be able to:

1. Understand and appreciate the importance of waste management;
2. Know and identify the related policies, laws, rules and regulations;
and
3. Apply proper waste management in the workplace.

In the maintenance of training facilities, concern on waste management

is vital. Improper or mega dosage use of cleaning chemicals, mounting
packing materials of delivered equipment/tools and empty or used
containers, limited storing, recycling and disposal area of wastes coming
from training workshops, i.e. welding stubs, electronic devices, are few of
the issues to be dealt with in this topic.

Waste Management

Waste management is the collection, transport,

processing, recycling or disposal of waste materials,
usually ones by human activity, in an effort to reduce
their effect on human health or local aesthetics or
amenity. A sub focus in recent decades has been to
reduce the effect of waste materials on the
environment and to recover resources from them.
Waste management practices differ for developed
and developing countries, for urban and rural area and for residential and
industrial produces. Management for non-hazardous residential and
institutional waste in metropolitan areas is usually the responsibility of local
government authorities, while management for non-hazardous commercial
and industrial waste is usually the responsibility of the generator.
Waste management can involve solid, liquid or gaseous substances
with different methods and
fields of expertise for each.

Diagram 3
Ecological waste
management is the proper
handling of the thing we throw
away in a manner that does
not harm anyone or anything,
be it human, animal or the
environment. The waste hierarchy refers to the “3 Rs” Reduce, Reuse and
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Recycle which classify waste management strategies according to their
desirability in terms of waste minimization. The waste hierarchy remains the
cornerstone of most waste minimization strategies. The aim of waste
hierarchy is to extract the maximum practical benefit from products and to
generate the minimum amount of waste.

Recycling is processing used materials as waste into new products to

prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of
fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution (from
incineration, water pollution by reducing the need for "conventional" waste
disposal, and lower greenhouse gas as compared to virgin production.
Recycling is a key component of modern waste reduction and is the third
component of the waste hierarchy.

Recyclable materials include many kinds of glass, paper, metal,

plastic, textiles and electronics. Although similar in effect, the composting or
other reuse of biodegradable wastes – such as food or garden waste– is not
typically considered recycling. Materials to be recycled are either brought to
a collection center or picked up from the curbside, then sorted, cleaned, and
reprocessed into new materials bound for manufacturing.

In the strictest sense, recycling of a material would produce a fresh

supply of the same material, i.e., used office paper would be converted into
new office paper, or used foamed polystyrene into new polystyrene. However,
this is often difficult or too expensive
(compared with producing the
same product from raw materials or
other sources), so recycling of
many products or materials involve
their reuse in producing
different materials (e.g.,
paperboard) instead.
Diagram 4

Another form of recycling is

the salvage of certain materials
from complex products, either
due to their intrinsic value
(e.g., lead from car batteries), or due to their hazardous nature (e.g., removal
and reuse of mercury from various items).

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 Presidential Decree (PD) 1152, “The Philippines Environment Code,”
which took effect in 1997, provides a basis for an integrated waste
management regulation starting from waste source to methods of disposal.
PD 1152 has further mandated specific guidelines to manage municipal
wastes (solid and liquid), sanitary landfill and incineration, and disposal
sites in the Philippines.
Recent laws and its implementing rules and
regulations on environment and waste
management include:
• Environmental Impact Assessment
- Presidential Decree (PD) 1586:
Philippine Environmental Impact
Statement System (PEIS). The law
that requires that all agencies and
instrumentalities of the national
government including government owned and controlled
corporations as well as private corporations, firms and
entities must prepare an environmental impact statement for
every proposed project and undertaking which significantly
affect the quality of the environment.
- DENR Administrative Order (DAO) 03-30: PEIS Implementation
Guidelines and Procedures

• Air Quality Management

- Republic Act (RA) 8749: Philippine Clean Air (PCAA) of 1999 –
The law that provides a comprehensive air pollution control
policy. Specifically, this legislative intends to apply air quality
management in all sources in order to implement abatement
and control of air pollution.
- DENR Administrative Order (DAO) 2000-81: PCAA
Implementing Rules and Regulations

• Water Quality Management

- RA 9275: Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 – The law that
provides comprehensive water pollution control policy.
Specifically, this legislative intends to apply water quality
management in all water bodies in order to implement
abatement and control of pollution from land-based sources.
- DENR Administrative Order (DAO) 2005-10 PCWA
Implementing Rules and Regulations
- PD 1067: Water Code of the Philippines

• Hazardous Substances and Wastes Management

- RA 6969: Philippine Toxic Substances and Hazardous and
Nuclear Waste Act (PTCHNWA) – This Act mandates the
regulation, restriction, or prohibition of the importation,

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 manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use, and disposal
of chemical substances and mixtures that present
unreasonable risk and/or injury to health and the
environment.

• Solid Waste Management

- RA 9003: Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act
(PESWMA) of 2000. The law was passed by Congress in
December 2000 and signed by the President of the Philippines
on January 26, 2001 with the aim of adopting a systematic,
comprehensive, and ecological solid waste management
program.
- DENR Administrative Order (DAO) 2000 – PESWMA
Implementing Rules and Regulations

• Climate Management
- RA 9729, otherwise known as the CLIMATE CHANGE ACT, is
based on declared policy of the State to systematically
integrate the concept of climate change in various phases of
policy formulation, development plans, poverty reduction
strategies and other development tools and techniques by all
agencies and instrumentalities of the government.

Waste Management of Training Refuse

The waste management system is both an environmental and social
issue with the existing international policies and laws including the growing
concern for global warming, its strict observance is necessary. Wastes
caused by training and learning activities should be determined and
identified, minimized (3Rs) and proper use and storage be undertaken in
accordance with OH&S. Some wastes produce in training and typical
segregation/disposal activities are:
- entrails, bones, head of fish (as main material) in food
processing and commercial cooking courses (which we
usually segregate as food for other animals, dried and
processed (recycled) as another product, or dumped/placed
for composting to produce organic fertilizer); packaging
materials of other supplies (plastic sachets or bottles of salt,
pepper, vinegar); water used in washing/cleaning and
processing
- used tires (can be recycled as rubber pots) busted lights, and
broken glass/mirrors from the vehicle as equipment in
Automotive Servicing and Driving courses; used oil, grease,
empty cans/bottles/receptacles of lubricants,/oil, liquid
battery (as cleansing agent for urinals), and used spark plugs,
as waste from supplies/materials.

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 The following template is a sample Waste Segregation List of solid waste
from GMAW NC III practical work area:

Sample Template #9
WASTE SEGREGATION LIST
Qualification GMAW NC III
Area/Section PRACTICAL WORK AREA
In-Charge LORENZO A. LADIA
GENERAL / ACCUMULATED WASTES WASTE SEGREGATION METHOD
Recycle Compose Dispose
1. Broken welding helmet ( Plastic ) X
2. Broken welding goggles X
3. Torn welding gloves X
4. Torn/damaged welding aprons X
5. Torn welding aprons X
6. Electrode/Mig wire stubs X
7. Metal scraps X

8. Broken dark / clear glass X

9. Electrode/Mig wire boxes/wrappers X X
10. Used wires/cables X
11. Used rags/cleaning materials X X
12. Used bulbs X

We must remember that

Segregated Waste =
Resources and Mixed
Waste = Garbage. In
order to reduce waste,
we have to segregate the
biodegradable (compostable)
from non- biodegradable
(recyclable) waste.

In the disposal of waste, observance to the prevailing laws, rules and

regulations is crucial. These can be contained in the Waste Management
System or Manual of the organization.

Date Developed: Document No.:

CBLMs on Trainers July 2010
Issued by:
Date Revised:
Methodology Level I
March 2012 NTTA Page 54 of 97
Revised by:
Maintaining Lorenzo. A. Ladia
Training Facilities Perla.V. Lucas Revision # 01
Ronnel. M. Mirasol