The Ecological Solid Waste Management Program of San Fernando, La Union,

PhilippinesA Case Study

Meliza Agulto/Hazel Abool

Objective

Present a model for barangay development that shall be possible to duplicate or to serve as reference for other local municipalities

WAR ON WASTEWOW Pinagbayan Solid waste management program at Brgy. Pinagbayan in

San Juan

This was started 2 mos ago in cooperation of CPH

Accomplishments:

1. Setting up of a SWMP committee

2. Setting up of banners

3. Shoreline clean up

What is a SWMP?

• defined as a SYSTEM that uses SEVERAL ALTERNATIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES to manage and dispose of specific components of the community’s solid waste stream

• ALTERNATIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

-source reduction

-recycling

-composting

- energy recovery

-landfilling

SWMP in La Union

• Duration: 1998-present

• Sponsors: LOGOFIND Project of the City; World Bank for the Establishment and Operation of Engineered Landfill (loan through Department Of Finance (DOF)); Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for the Feasibility Study of Landfill (Grant)

• Actors Involved: Local Government, Private Sector, Non-governmental organisations, Community

• YOUR SUBTOPICS GO HERE

Projects/Programs

Garbage Segregation

Materials Recovery Facility

Projects/Programs

-Landfill management

10.6 hectares landfill facility

- Information Education and Communication Campaign- Adopt a Street Program- Clean and Green Contest for School- Clean your own backyard program

Results and Impacts

Barangays/Communities/Villages

- practiced was segregation

Household Solid Waste Practices

- segregate their waste, place the various types at the designatedplaces and time, and clean their own backyards and nearby lots and beaches

Commercial Sector

- Polluter’s Pay Principle

Schools and Offices

-subjected to Annual Clean and Green Evaluation

Results and Impacts

SWM Practices of Hospitals, Clinics, and Funeral Homes- Polluter’s Pay Policy

Junkshops- Increased to 12

Role of NGOs

- Adopt a barangay

Critical Instruments

Private financial mechanisms for infrastructural development

Organizational arrangements partnership

Capacity building

Design, Planning and Management

RECOMMENDATIONS

>Encourage community participation- attend the General Assembly

>Emphasize partnership/networking (UP-CBHP, Municipal Sanitation and Engineering Office, Department of Education, Private Sectors, NGOs, Community)

>Do a waste analysis and characterization survey to determine what kind of alternative waste management strategy is needed

>As for the EVALUATION

- It will be determined by the kind of alternative waste management strategy that the community will adopt

RECOMMENDATIONS

THANK YOU!