WASTE SEGREGATION
What
is the purpose of this Advocacy?
·
To disseminate information and to educate
people about
Waste Segregation
·
To raise awareness on the importance of
Waste Segregation
Target Audience: Teens and Adults
WASTE
SEGREGATION
What is waste segregation?
Waste
segregation is the process of dividing garbage and waste products in an effort
to reduce, reuse and recycle materials.
Why is Segregation important?
Segregation is important because
• If the waste
is not separated properly, it all gets mixed up in landfills. The dangers of
this is that they all leak after a period of time, resulting in leachate or
toxic soup at the bottom, which can contaminate ground water and release
explosive methane gas.
•
Segregation protects health. When rag pickers put their hands into the waste to
clean it up, it results in cuts that further leads to infections, resulting in
deterioration of a rag picker’s health. Hence, it becomes our responsibility to
help these rag pickers by carefully segregating the waste that is generated at
our homes.
• Start
segregating the waste in your own house now.
• Segregation
is one of the easiest practice to follow, it starts in your own kitchen. The waste
can be categorized as wet and dry waste.
• Take two separate bins. One, which will have
all the wet waste, and the other will have all the dry waste.
Best
Practice in Waste Segregation
Pinagkaisahan Example of Best
Practice
REPUBLIC
ACT 9003 January 26, 2001
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
(a)
Ensure the protection of the public health and environment;
(b)
Utilize environmentally-sound methods that maximize the utilization of valuable
resources and encourage resource conservation and recovery;
(c) Set
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;
(d) Ensure 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.
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Segregate Our Waste!
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