Start Date
6-6-2013 11:05 AM
End Date
6-6-2013 12:15 PM
Description
One factor that could worsen the environmental crisis is the increasing accumulation of solid wastes which either have no counterpart in nature or which have not been properly disposed. And with this, the solid wastes have been identified as one of the most important environmental problems of urbanization. Poor solid waste management practices are considered as disastrous activities. . It has been observed that Barangay Damayang Lagi is facing solid wastes problem resulting to a lot of environmental problems such as flood, pollution, congestion and others. This is due to the existence of the fast-growing number of household in the community, which encourages the people to reside in the city for better employment opportunities. This study conducted to determine the solid waste management practices of selected household, a basis for improvement of proposed activities. Descriptive research method was used in this study and utilized survey in determining the current solid waste management practices in compliance with RA 9003. Environmental education campaign was given to the community through seminar workshop on Solid Waste Management to selected Barangay Leaders, coordinators and selected households. It was found out that the respondent’s practices solid waste management. The strategies done such as campaign served as a tool to communicate by informing them about the program. They provided a necessary objective which lies in the way on how they respond to the message. They became aware of the various consequences of their negligence and lack of consideration towards the surroundings. However, it was found out that some of the respondents adopted poor solid waste management practices in terms of waste segregation, disposal and recycling due to lack of awareness and resources on proper and effective ways of managing waste. Therefore, each community should commit to inform, teach, and observe environmental awareness and responsibility as a means of improving environmental quality through different activities regarding waste segregation.
Recommended Citation
Maglaque, J. (2013, June). Solid waste management practices of selected household in Barangay Damayang Lagi: Basis for improvement of proposed activities. Paper presented at the 4th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning: Service-Learning as a Bridge from Local to Global: Connected world, Connected future, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China.
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Solid waste management practices of selected household in Barangay Damayang Lagi : basis for improvement of proposed activities
One factor that could worsen the environmental crisis is the increasing accumulation of solid wastes which either have no counterpart in nature or which have not been properly disposed. And with this, the solid wastes have been identified as one of the most important environmental problems of urbanization. Poor solid waste management practices are considered as disastrous activities. . It has been observed that Barangay Damayang Lagi is facing solid wastes problem resulting to a lot of environmental problems such as flood, pollution, congestion and others. This is due to the existence of the fast-growing number of household in the community, which encourages the people to reside in the city for better employment opportunities. This study conducted to determine the solid waste management practices of selected household, a basis for improvement of proposed activities. Descriptive research method was used in this study and utilized survey in determining the current solid waste management practices in compliance with RA 9003. Environmental education campaign was given to the community through seminar workshop on Solid Waste Management to selected Barangay Leaders, coordinators and selected households. It was found out that the respondent’s practices solid waste management. The strategies done such as campaign served as a tool to communicate by informing them about the program. They provided a necessary objective which lies in the way on how they respond to the message. They became aware of the various consequences of their negligence and lack of consideration towards the surroundings. However, it was found out that some of the respondents adopted poor solid waste management practices in terms of waste segregation, disposal and recycling due to lack of awareness and resources on proper and effective ways of managing waste. Therefore, each community should commit to inform, teach, and observe environmental awareness and responsibility as a means of improving environmental quality through different activities regarding waste segregation.