LESSON 3: UNIVERSITY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

• SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT - discipline associated with the control of generation
• RA 9003: ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000

  • proper management of waste
  • objective is to explain the benefits of having facilities that serves storage for recyclables or places to process them
• SOLID WASTE

  -discarded household

  -commercial waste

  -non hazardous institutional and industrial waste

  -any types of garbage
• PET - polyethylene terephthalate bottle
• RESIDUAL WASTES THAT CANNOT BE RECYCLED

  1. DIAPER
  2. SANITARY NAPKIN
  3. CIGARETTE
  4. BABASAGIN
  5. PAPER CUPS AND PLATE
• RECYCABLE MATERIALS

  1. NEWSPAPER
  2. MAGAZINES
  3. MIXED PAPER
  4. CARDBOARD
  5. OFFICE PAPER
  6. ALLUMINUM CANS
  7. GLASS JARS
  8. STEEL/TIN CANS
  9. PET #1 PLASTIC
  10. HDPE#2 PLASTIC
• HAZARDOUS WASTE

  1. PAINT
  2. CLEANERS
  3. OILS
  4. BATTERIES
  5. PESTICIDES
• OSHO - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH OFFICE
• GIMU/OPPF - GROUNDS IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE UNIT
• THREE R'S

  REDUCE

  REUSE

  RECYCLE