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Land Pollution Pertaining to Garbage Disposal in
the Philippines A report by Jovy Delfin, Karol Lonzaga
and Frances Pascua
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DEFINITION OF TERMS (keywords)
• Land pollution – the deposition of solid or liquid
waste materials on land or underground contaminating the soil and groundwater and threaten public health
• Contaminate – make something impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance
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NATURE AND SCOPE
Land pollution
• the degradation of Earth's land surfaces often caused by human activities and their misuse of land resources.
• occurs when waste is not disposed properly. Major Causes:
• Urbanization– increasing number of people that live in urban areas
• Industrialization – a process that happens in countries when they start to use machines to do work that was once done by people
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URBANIZATION INDUSTRIALIZATION /mjpd
NATURE AND SCOPE
Types of Waste Materials:
• Municipal Solid Waste (MSW, also called municipal refuse)
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NATURE AND SCOPE
Types of Waste Materials:
• Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste or debris
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NATURE AND SCOPE
Types of Waste Materials:
• Hazardous waste
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NATURE AND SCOPE
MSW from homes, institutions, commercial establishments and industrial facilities include non-hazardous:
• garbage containing moist and biodegradable food wastes (meat and vegetable scraps) • rubbish comprising mostly dry materials (paper, glass, textiles, and plastic objects) • trash includes bulky waste materials and objects that are not collected routinely for disposal (discarded mattresses, appliances, pieces of furniture)
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NATURE AND SCOPE
C&D waste (or debris) includes:
• wood • metal objects • wallboard • concrete rubble • asphalt • inert materials (produced when structures are built, renovated, or demolished)
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NATURE AND SCOPE
Hazardous wastes include harmful and dangerous substances by various:
• chemical manufacturing companies
• petroleum refineries
• paper mills
• smelters
• machine shops
• dry cleaners
• automobile repair shops
• many other industries or commercial facilities
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HISTORY
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HISTORY
Local Government Units (LGUs)
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HISTORY
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Material Recovery Facilities
HISTORY
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HISTORY
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CAUSES
1. Throwing of garbage anywhere.
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CAUSES
2. Undisciplined citizens not disposing garbage properly.
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CAUSES
3. Improper segregation of waste materials.
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EFFECTS
• Soil Contamination
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EFFECTS
• Air Contamination
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EFFECTS
• Animals and Marine Life
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EFFECTS
• Animals and Marine Life
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EFFECTS
• Animals and Marine Life
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EFFECTS
• Animals and Marine Life
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MITIGATION
• Pay-as-you-throw program for communities ex. purchasing special garbage bags from the municipality and through the purchase of special stickers that would need to be affixed to each can or bag that was to be collected
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REFERENCE/S: •Lytle, Claire Le Guern. (November 11. 2009). Plastic Pollution | Coastal Care. Retrieved from http://coastalcare.org/2009/11/plastic-pollution/ •Save Our Shores Plastic Pollution. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://saveourshores.org/what-we-do/pollution-prevention.php •Environment: Water pollution & climate change may be killing our oceans | Open Knowledge. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://knowledge.allianz.com/environment/pollution/?731/water-pollution-and-climate-change-may-be-killing-our-oceans-gallery •Municipal Solid Waste | Processing, Separation & Recycling of MSW. (December 12, 2013). Retrieved from http://www.seerdrum.com/municipal-solid-waste.html •Effects on Environment. (September 27, 2011). Retrieved from http://www.personal.psu.edu/llb5080/mysite/Effects.html •landfil. (October 2009). Retrieved from http://www.oocities.org/green_juris/landfil.html •Pay as you throw. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://infohouse.p2ric.org/ref/07/06846/ •AccessFayettville.org | The City of Fayetteville, Arkansas | Residential Waste and Recycling Pay-As-You-Throw Trash Cart Program. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.accessfayetteville.org/government/solid_waste/residential/residential%20cart%20program.cfm
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