The Implementation of the Ecological Solid Waste Management and the Occurrence of Related Problems at Barangay Banay-Banay, Cabuyao City: A Basis for an Action Plan

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The enactment of the Republic Act No. 9003 was one of the stepping stones of the government to address the country’s environmental problems. The study aimed at generating recommendations for more efficient and adequate system of SWM which may contribute to the protection and preservation of these valuable resources.

METHODS

The researcher used random sampling. The seventy respondents were the residents of Barangay Banay-Banay who can represent the whole community affected by the implementation of ESWM program. The other thirty respondents were officials and staff of Ecological Solid Waste Management Department of CENRO who were the implementers of ESWM program in every barangay in the City of Cabuyao. These two groups of respondents played significant roles in ESWM. Statistical treatments applied to the study include frequency and percent distributions in presenting the profiles of the two groups of respondents. The five-point Likert Scale and the simple mean were used to establish the difference between the assessments of CENRO and residents of Brgy. Banay-Banay. T-test for independent samples was also used.

RESULTS

The results showed that the two groups of respondents were aware of the objectives of ESWM. The results also revealed that in practice, the respondents participate in the operation of such management system. And it was also found out that the ESWM implementers are ready to improve their management systems, while on the residents' side, they are ready to help the government to achieve the goals and objectives of ESWM program in their barangay. Both respondent groups are conscious and alert of the problems existing when it comes to the Ecological Solid Waste Management operation. Moreover, the data also concluded that such difficulty is also experienced by the people in the community. Solutions are necessary to solve the solid waste problems.

DISCUSSIONS

The researcher formulates an action plan to further improve the ecological solid waste management in Brgy Banay-Banay. A new flow of managing solid waste is recommended. The involvement of every unit in the society is needed to improve the status of ESWM in Brgy. Banay-Banay and to become the role model of other barangays here in Cabuyao City.