The Importance Of Solid Waste Management

Framework of the Study Solid waste management or the collecting, treating, and disposing of solid material no longer needed because it has served its purpose or is no longer useful. Inappropriate disposal of solid waste can cause unhealthy conditions, which in turn can result to destruction of the environment and dispersal of vector borne diseases – which are spread by rodents and insects. The responsibility of solid waste management presents difficult technical challenges. They also pose a wide variety of administrative, economic, and social problems that must be managed and solved (Nathanson, J., 2015). The main basis of this study is DepEd Order No. 5, Series 2014. The other fundamental bases of this study include the Ecological Solid

5, series 2014 or Implementing Guidelines on the Integration of Gulayan sa Paaralan, Solid Waste Management and Tree Planting emphasizes the greening program of the national government. The implementing guidelines on Solid Waste Management aims to preserve and conserve nature and promote climate change awareness. It also dictates that SWM must be implemented in all public elementary and secondary schools nationwide through its YES – O organizations. Hence, as part of the agency it is required that each member has to support and practice the waste management principles embodied in DepEd Order No. 5 such as minimization of waste, segregation at source, reduction, recycling, reuse and

It mandates the creation of the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) as the main agency to implement the Republic Act of 9003. The law also requires the institutionalization of the national program regarding solid wastes minimization through source reduction and resources like composting, recycling, re - use and recovery. It retains primary enforcement and responsibility of solid waste management with local government units while establishing a cooperative effort among the national and local government units, NGO’s and private sector.

Human actions contribute extensively in waste management. Recognizing the effects of improper management, garbage catastrophe can be prevented by practicing appropriate garbage disposal at source and proper recycling and composting as mandated by the law (Aquino, A., Deriquito, J. A., and Festejo, M., 2013). Chapter 6 of Republic Act 9003 provides a comprehensive list of prohibited acts including:

(1) Littering, throwing, dumping of waste matters in public places, such as roads, sidewalks, canals, esteros or parks, and establishment, or causing or permitting the same;

(2) Undertaking activities or operating, collecting or transporting equipment in violation of sanitation operation and other requirements