Waste Disposal Practices of Selected Flood Risk Barangays in

ISO Accredited
Dr. Maria Teresa Jintalan-Manzano
Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges
PATLEPAM 29th National Senior Educators Assembly
Solid Waste
Management
Practices of the
Households in
Selected Flood
Risks Barangays
in Nabua
Camarines Sur
Background of the Study
The municipality of Nabua has about
8,803.0600 hectares and 99.42% very low
elevation. (LGUNabua website)
 Politically divided into 42 barangays with
numerous creeks interconnected with the three
major rivers namely Bicol River, Rawas River and
Barit River. (wiki/Nabua,_CamSur)
The Municipality of Nabua has been
considered as the basin of Camarines Sur.
Flooding in Nabua has become a perennial
problem.
Floods have claimed several lives, and other
properties of the Nabuaenos, which in effect
hinders economic development. (LGU Nabua
website)
Wastes Management contributes to its
continuous flooding or factors that worsen its
effects.
Introduction
 Globally, problems on solid waste have been one
among the favourite topics in the national and
international conferences
because of its
uncontrolled growth and its negative effects to
every nation.
 Improper disposal of solid waste can create
environmental hazard.
 Surroundings are affected including fish and
other living organisms that occupy space.
(http://www.angelfire.com/nc/namicol/effects1.html)
 Mismanaged solid wastes will eventually
creates air pollution.
 lead to formation of acidic rain; hence soil
infertility.
 If dumped in the drainage it blocked the flow
of the sewerage and cause flooding.
Respondents
Purposively chosen four flood risks barangays;
1. San Roque – 175 households
2. San Nicolas- 150 households
3. Santa Barbara- 300 housholds
4. San Roque Madawon- 168 households
General Objective
General objective:
To develop an environmental awareness
program using the 3Rs (Reduce.Reuse &
Recycle) for the selected flood risks barangays
in the Municipality of Nabua Camarines Sur
Specific Objectives
• To identify the solid wastes generated by the
households in the selected flood risks
barangays.
• To determine the solid waste management
practices of the households.
• To test the significant difference in the solid
waste management practices of the respondent
barangays.
• To formulate a plan of an environmental
protection awareness program thru Solid Waste
Management Program.
Methodology
Methods- descriptive survey
 Statistical treatment- percentage
technique, Weighted Mean, &
Kruskal Wallis One Way Analysis of
Variance.
Generated Solid
Wastes:
Biodegradable Wastes
70
70
65
61
60
64
60
48
44
41
50
40
30
20
Food WASTES
1
10
2
8
7
5
4
3
0
Freq & Percentage
Vegetable Trims
Spoiled Bread
Fruit & Veg Seeds
Meat Bones
Fruit Peelings
Vegetable peelings
Root Crops peelings
66
60
Rank
Leftovers
70
64
63
54
50
40
Animal and Garden
WASTES
6
30
20
4
10
1
0
Freq & Percentage
Manure
Rank
Leaves
Twigs
Woods
2
3
60
50
Non-BIODEGRADABLE
60
55
49
43
37
40
32
30
20
9
10 11 7
9
10
2
5
9.5 9.5
3
1
4
6
8
7 10
0
Frequency
Hazardous Wastes
Rank
Cellphone batteries
Remote control batteries
Flash light batteries
Camera batteries
Button batteries
Fluorescent Light Bulbs
Cosmetic Products
Insecticides and Pesticides containers
Syringe/needles
Mercury thermometer
Moth balls
Non -Hazardous Wastes
80
60
60
55 58
68 70
67
57
38
40
36 36
26
20
7
5
8 10 4
3
6 9.5 9.5 2
1
0
Frequency
Rank
Damanged Wire cloth hangers
Used Tires
Old Mattresses & Cushions
Damaged Carpets
Rubbers and styrofoams
Plastics
tin-cans/metals
broken glass and metals
Aluminum foil
Empty Bottles
Used Clothings
Findings implied that flood risks barangay in
Nabua is not in anyway adopting any solid wastes
management system. Hence; the need of a
sustainable program on Solid Wastes
Management to effectively manage the Solid
Waste to eventually control flood in the
Municipality.
Mismanaged solid wastes can lead to death of fish as well as diseases to man and other
living things, it can also be very harmful to the atmosphere, because it lead to the
destruction of the ozone layer. (Zender & ITEP 2005) thus; giving us a lot of
disadvantages and side effects including horrifying catastrophes and natural calamities ;
hence; miserable life for the people.
Significant Difference in the Solid Waste Mgmt Practices
Solid Waste Management
Practices
A. Biodegradable Wastes
1.Food Wastes
2. Animal/Garden Wastes
B. Non-Biodegradable
1. Household Hazardous
Wastes
2. Rubbish/other wastes
found in the households
Tabular
X2@0.05
Level of
Significance
df=3
Computed
Xr2
7.815
7.815
9.68
3.08
Rejected
Accepted
Significant
Not significant
7.815
29.51
Rejected
Significant
7.815
14.49
Rejected
Significant
Decision on
HO
Inference
Computed value implies that there were significant difference in the management of
wastes in the four respondent barangays except for the animal wastes and garden wastes
where waste management practices got no significant difference.
Proposed System that may establish Solid
Waste Management Practices
Proposed Waste Management System
Tabular presentation
Conclusions
• Biodegradable wastes’ found in every household
varies, with abundant food wastes and animal &
garden wastes which can be a very good material
for composting.
• Non-biodegradable wastes existing in every
household can be considered a great material for
recycling activities in the barangay.
• Respondent households in the barangay were
adopting different ways and means of disposing
their solid wastes including the place where the
wastes are being disposed.
Recommendations:
• Conduct organizational meeting to organize a group that can
spearhead and facilitate activities related to awareness on waste
management applying theories and principles of the 3R’s.
• Series of trainings and workshops related to the 3R’s may be
done.
• Trainings on varied income generating projects out of those
wastes collected, to help respondents find other source of income.
• Barangay, and Solid Wastes Management organization officials
may impose a waste disposal system for their respective
constituents.
• Issuance/implementation of Municipal ordinances related to Solid
Waste Management is also needed for the sustainability of the
system.
• CSPC in partnership with the LGU may implement the proposed
program
• Related researches maybe conducted to improve and sustain the
program
"The major problems in the world are the result
of the differences between the way nature
works and the way people think."
Gregory Bateson
The Lord God took the man and put
him in the Garden of Eden to work
and to take care of it.
-Genesis 2:15 NIV Bible