SWOT Analysis on Environmental Impact of Waste Disposal

S W
S1: No-Segregation-No-Collection Policy. W1: Doesn’t own a landfill.

S2: Garbage Collection Schedule System. W2: Landfill facility offers high tipping fees.

S3: 14 serviceable garbage trucks servicing the W3: Landfills are distant.
city’s 128 barangays.
W4: Baguio is producing an average of 150-180
S4: Republic Act (RA) 9003 or the Ecological tons of garbage per day.
Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.
W5: Lack of landfill sites.
S5: Ordinance No. 36 series of 2017 or the “Plastic
and Styrofoam-Free Baguio City Ordinance”.

O T
O1: BIDAKA program. T1: The sites are often dangerous.

O2: Buying rechargeable batteries.
O3: Modern Thermal Treatment with Combined
Heat & Power (CHP).
O4: Organic waste recycling.
O5: Buy things with less packaging.
T2: Landfills pollute the local environment,
including the water and the soil.
T3: Landfills are Partially Responsible For Climate
Change.
T4: Landfills Affect Wildlife.
T5: People living near or prolonged exposure to
landfills have been linked to cancer, respiratory
disorders, and developmental defects in children.

SO WO

SO1: Environmental Management Officers were
hired.
SO2: 4 garbage trucks that will be added to the city’s
existing fleet of trucks.
SO3: It creates employment.
SO4: Landfills provide a place to dump recyclable
and non-recyclable waste separately.
SO5: Garbage transport costs will be reduced, as our
waste will only have to travel a short distance to
landfill.
WO1: No business shall be allowed to distribute sell
and use polystyrene or Styrofoam containers that
will be used for goods or items purchased or serve
food or drink, take out or dine in.
WO2: Banning plastics bags in every establishments
will make the consumers likely to bring reusable
bags.
WO3: Replacing plastic containers to steel or glass
containers.
WO4: Using a reusable water bottle in order to
minimize the impact of plastic pollution in landfills.

WO5:
 ST WT

ST1: City government offices will lead the
compliance to solid waste disposal and collection
policies to strictly adhere to the segregation of waste
at source.
ST2: Former landfills will be repurposed into
landfill-gas-energy sites.
ST3:
ST4:
WT1: Dumping area in Urdaneta, Pangasinan was
closed by DENR.
WT2: Hauling costs and the tipping fee at the
sanitary landfill cost a billion pesos.
WT3: Increase in the volume of waste generated in
the barangays, tourist destinations due to the influx
of visitors during the weekends, holidays and
special occasions that add up to the burden of the
garbage collectors.

ST5: WT4: The tourists do not dispose their garbage

properly while visiting the city, the residents
somehow find the waste in any area.

WT5: Typhoons can trigger the landfills to fall apart

and can be a risk for the people who are living near
the landfills.

https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/advantages-disadvantages-landfills.php

https://baguio.gov.ph/content/solution-city%E2%80%99s-solid-waste-problem-soughhttps://
baguio.gov.ph/content/city-purchase-4-more-garbage-truckshttps://www.baguio.gov.ph/
content/mayor-issues-rules-implementing-plastic-free-ordinance-0

O2: It reduces environmental pollution. Waste management eliminates the surrounding waste but
also will reduce the intensity of the greenhouse gases like methane, carbon monoxide which is
emitted from the wastes accumulated. The depth of the existing landfills and incineration will be
curbed, thereby cutting down the harmful factors that affect the environment.

T1: The sites are often dangerous because the waste management sites include the landfills to
recycling units under its aegis, these sites are highly susceptible to fungal and bacterial growth
thereby leading to various diseases. Even the debris formation will be accelerated by such
bacterial growth, which makes it totally unsafe for the workers who work there. It also causes
widespread pollution and releases harmful chemicals. These chemicals, when mixed with
drinking water or any other consumable item pose a high amount of danger to human health.

*The BIDAKA program will highlight the recycling of used tarpaulins and other indigenous raw
and reusable garbage materials like plastics or bags to quality and useful products like
schoolbags, money bags, seminar or conference bags, and the like. hehe