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TOPIC: SOLID WASTE Script:
MEMBERS: THE SOLID WASTE IN THE PHILIPPINES
Johayr, Salman Dumping garbage here, dumping garbage there!
Agaylan, Jovie It seems that Filipinos never learn how to
dispose their waste properly.
Do-ong Jimmy Jill
Majadas, Ramil
According to Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (DENR), a single resident can
produce an average of 0.7 kilogram of waste
PART I: per day.
INTRODUCTION (DOONG)
In addition, according to the National Solid
INSERT VIDEO CLIP WITH QUOTABLE QUOTE/S Waste Management Commission, it estimates
(SHOW HOW WONDERFUL EARTH IS: that the country generates 40,087 tons of trash
daily. And a great percentage of it are not
disposed properly.
“The Earth is a fine place and worth fighting
for.”
-Ernest Hemingway Now, the question is, where do we dump all
these garbages?
“If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt,
refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or Some are dumped in the sanitary landfill
composted, then it should be restricted, Some are sold in the junkshops.
redesigned or removed from production.”
However, some are found in the streets,
ditches, and rivers.
PART II:
THE STATE OF SOLID WASTE IN THE But still, many Filipinos are unaware of the
PHILIPPINES consequences of improper waste disposal.
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THE COUNRTY)
Open burning is the burning of debris
where smoke and other emissions are
released directly into the air.
MAJADAS And this smoke emission contains air
pollutants that can cause asthma, chest
pain, headache, and heart and lung
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7nI)
TIME: 1:40 – 2:47 In addition, the air pollutant is one of the
primary cause of global warming.
After, reporting with video:
Did you also know that those products with
toxic chemicals like insecticide, cosmetic PART III: LAW
products, paint, batteries, and kerosene. If
they are not properly disposed, they can Script:
cause water contamination…
JOHAYR
Thus, the contaminated water might be in
our drinking water that can cause disease
like cholera, typhoid fever, skin disease, On the other hand, the Philippine congress
diarrhea and hepatitis. submitted a bill which will aid the alarming
issues of improper waste disposal.
In March, 2008, the DOH reported a typhoid
In year 2000, the Ecological Solid Waste
outbreak in Laguna and in June 2007, a
Management Act of 2000 was passed into law,
diarrhea outbreak occurred in Cagayan de
which aims to resolve garbage-related
Oro City. problems.
The law was approved on January 26, 2001. It is
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It lays down an integrated approach to solid
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waste management.
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But Now, we will be focusing on the
institutional mechanism involved. But before
Time: 5:08- 3:26 going that, allow me to show to you the parts of
the law, we have here:
Chapter I- Basic Policies
Do you know that as stated in the RA 9003,
Chapter II- Institutional Mechanism
open burning is illegal in the Philippines.
Chapter III- Comprehensive Solid Waste Mgt
Chapter IV- Incentives
Chapter V- Financing Solid Waste Mgt Now, as we continue, have you ever wonder if
this law has been effective?
Chapter VI- Penal Provisions; and
Chapter VII- Miscellaneous Provisions
Instead of solving it, it seems that the problem
had gone worse.
In this law, the instituions involved are:
A research from the University of Georgia,
First, the National Solid Waste Management published in 2015 which shows that the
Commission which is under the Office of the Philippines has ranked 3rd of the most plastic
President. It is composed of 14 members from debris contributor in the ocean.
government sector and 3 members from private
one. This commission, actually oversees the
implementation of RA 9003 pursuant to Section
5.
Further, the other institutions involved are the:
-National Ecology Center
-Provincial Sold Waste Mgt Board
-City and Municipal Solid Waste Mgt Board
-Multi-purpose environment cooperatives or
associatiions.
AGAYLAN
Now, the Department of Environment and Now, let’s go to the general provisions of the
Natural Resources is a very important Law:
government agency that serves as the chair of
the commission. It prepares the annual
national solid waste mgt status report. Also, it
prepares and distributes information,
education and communication materials on
solid waste mgt. Lastly, it establishes methods
and other parameters for the measurement of
waste reduction, collection, and disposal.
But what is solid waste according to this law?
The things that are not included in the solid
waste are:
As to the salient features of RA 9003, they are
as follow:
Lastly, according to this law, the prohibited acts
are the following:
PART V: CONCLUSION
Where the quality of life goes
down for the environment, the
quality of life goes down for
humans. “
-george holland
PART IV: BEST PRACTICES
(per person)
