SOLID WASTE

MANAGEMENT

#WITH NATURE
 THE NATURAL WORLD AND
HUMAN WELL-BEING
-Why CARE for the Environment?

STEWARDS OF THE
ENVIRONMENT
REASON 1:
Environment
provides the
resource base
for life support
 REASON 2: Environmental resources are
scarce

• The earth is finite

• Renewable resources are

used excessively

• Population growth has

impacts

• New technology create new

pollution
Reason 3: Mis-estimation of environmental
values can impair economic growth

Market failures related to

natural resources:

• Externalities
• Public goods
• Property rights
• Ignorance and uncertainty
• Short-sightedness
• Irreversibility
ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS

– Right to clean environment that is not harmful to health

– Right to access to environmental information
– Right to protect it for the benefit of current and future
generations
– Right to participate in the implementation of programs and
measures that prevent pollution and environmental
degradation
POLLUTION VS DEGRADATION

– Abuse of source
– Abuse of sink
STATE OF SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT IN R10
– 3 operational Landfills, 5 SLF under construction (for the last 3 years)
– 20% Controlled dumps and the rest are open dumps
– Very low recycling rate; waste in open sites
 NATIONAL SWM FRAMEWORK
Partnership enterprises as dictated by policy,
economies of scale and in partnership with LGUs

Household, Institutional, & Generators Avoid

Reduce
Barangays
Reuse
First preferred
Municipalities/ Cities options
Recycle

Recover

Province/ Metrowide Treatment Last preferred

or First Class Cities options
Residuals Management

Direct Responsibility Influencing Responsibility

Ecological
Ecological Solid
Solid
Waste Management
Management

Segregation at Source

garden/farm junkshop/recyclers treatment plant

WHAT THE CHURCH CAN DO TO
HELP
– Begin with a PLAN
– What do you wish to achieve? (Vision, Objectives and
Outcome)
– Education
– Practice (at home and church)
– Who are willing to participate (People resources)
– What do we need (Material and financial resources)
WHAT THE CHURCH CAN DO TO
HELP
– Implement the Plan
– Check and monitor progress
– Report
WHAT THE CHURCH CAN DO TO
HELP
– Spread the word
– Compose a waste management song?
– Let our young members write something about it and the
environment instilling what the bible also says about caring
for the environment
– Keep our area clean
– Get organized (internally and externally)
WHAT THE CHURCH CAN DO TO
HELP
Projects
– Use of non-disposable cups or use “one cup a day” policy
– Organize a waste collection event (donate, sell, exchange)
– Report using “Biggest loser” concept to monitor waste
management of members at home
– Make an MRF/composting area
– Produce flyer or other IEC materials