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The Philippines has laws governing proper solid waste disposal including recycling and reducing waste. Citizens can help by reducing waste, recycling, using landfills properly, composting, and labeling any hazardous waste like masks and tests. Improper disposal is illegal.

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Solid Waste

The Philippines has laws governing proper solid waste disposal including recycling and reducing waste. Citizens can help by reducing waste, recycling, using landfills properly, composting, and labeling any hazardous waste like masks and tests. Improper disposal is illegal.

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1. IN THE PHILIPPINES, ARE THEY DOING THE PROPER DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE.

JUSTIFY YOUR
ANSWER.
 Yes. There’s a Republic Act 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 for other purposes. This Act shall be known as the “Ecological Solid Waste
Management Act of 2000”. This act set a guidelines and targets for solid waste
avoidance and volume reduction through source reduction and waste minimization
measures, including composting, recycling, re-use, recovery, green charcoal process,
and others, before collection, treatment and disposal in appropriate and
environmentally sound solid waste management facilities in accordance with
ecologically sustainable development principles. It ensures the proper segregation,
collection, transport, storage, treatment and disposal of solid waste through the
formulation and adoption of the best environmental practice in ecological waste
management excluding incineration. Promote national research and development
programs for improved solid waste management and resource conservation
techniques, more effective institutional arrangement and indigenous and improved
methods of waste reduction, collection, separation and recovery. Encourage greater
private sector participation in solid waste management. Retain primary enforcement
and responsibility of solid waste management with local government units while
establishing a cooperative effort among the national government, other local
government units, non-government organizations, and the private sector. Encourage
cooperation and self-regulation among waste generators through the application of
market-based instruments. Institutionalize public participation in the development and
implementation of national and local integrated, comprehensive and ecological waste
management programs; and strengthen the integration of ecological solid waste
management and resource conservation and recovery topics into the academic
curricula of formal and non-formal education in order to promote environmental
awareness and action among the citizenry.
2. HOW CAN YOU HELP IN PROPER DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE?
 Here are some ways to manage waste properly:
1. Source Reduction and Reuse
This is the strategy most commonly used by governments and local authorities.
Reducing waste at the source is achieved by expanding recycling efforts through
creating recycling networks and providing on-site food waste treatment facilities at
residential and commercial properties. The objective is to reduce the heavy reliance on
raw materials that are continuously getting depleted, in an effort to conserve the
environment.

2. Recovery and Recycling


Recovery involves the use of discarded items for other meaningful uses. The discarded
items usually have to go through a bit of processing to extract or recover resources, or
to transform them into usable forms of energy such as fuel, electricity, or heat.

Recycling, on the other hand, involves converting trash into new products to reduce the
production of fresh materials and conserve energy. Recycling is tied to the first point of
source reduction, and is the third component of the waste management hierarchy:
Reduce, Reuse, And Recycle. In addition to reducing the creation of new materials,
recycling decreases energy usage, reduces air and water pollution, reduces the volume
of trash sent to landfills, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.

3. Landfills
This is the most common waste disposal method today. It involves burying trash in the
land while taking measures to eliminate both odours and the risk of toxic substances
seeping into the ground and contaminating water sources. With the strong presence of
landfill gases such as methane, and land scarcity, many garbage removal companies are
considering other options.

4. Combustion/Incineration
Municipal solid wastes that cannot be recycled are burned at high temperatures to
reduce its volume by up to 80 percent. This means that the residue occupies 20 to 30
percent of the landfill space that would have been occupied by the solid waste,
reducing the stress on landfills. Also referred to as thermal treatment, this method can
also be used to generate heat, gas, and steam for power

5. Composting
This is a natural bio-degradation process of organic wastes (kitchen waste and plant
remains) that converts them into nutrient-filled food for plants. This is a common
technique in organic farming, where the organic materials sit in one place for months to
allow for decomposition.
3. NOW THAT WE HAD PANDEMIC, WHAT SHOULD BE THE PROPER WAY TO DISPOSE THOSE
DISPOSABLE FACE MASK AND RAPID TEST KIT?
 A proper way to dispose the facemask and rapid test kit is to place it in a yellow bag or
if not, in any trash bag and put a visible label on it. Yellow is the color for “hazardous
wastes”. If there is none, proper labeling would do by just identifying the trash bag
content as a rapid tester, PPE (personal protective equipment), or face masks. Those
picking up the trash bags may also be properly informed that the content of the bag is
considered hazardous wastes. Those who will be caught improperly disposing of their
hazardous wastes may be charged with violation of Republic Act 6969 or An Act to
Control Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes, and may also be fined.

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