National Third Form Presentation (project.docx

Acknowledgment Researcher would like to express her gratitude and thanks to all those who had helped her greatly in order to successfully complete this project. This project was a very challenging task but with the guidance of God and the help of her family members and friends it was successfully achieve. The researcher would also like to thank her subject teacher for her patient and time spent throughout this project.

Introduction The purpose of this project is to find out how residents dispose of their garbage in the community of Beezie Enmore, East Coast Demerara. Garbage disposal is crucial problem within the community and it can therefore affect the lives of many residents. The area has approximately three hundred (300) households, thus residents of the community have share their concerns about improper practices of garbage disposal. Hence, a survey is being carried out among Twenty-five (25) households in the community to find out the type of garbage that are disposed, ways in which residents dispose of their garbage, the systems used to collect garbage and the frequency with which garbage is collected in the community. In addition, measures were implemented to ensure that the community remains clean and healthy.

Action Plan Date 2018/04/8

Activity h

-Subject teacher hands out project.

-Researcher reads the project, and discusses it with the subject teacher. -Researcher chooses a project. 2018/04/11th

-A research will be conducted on the topic of the project.

2018/04/12th

-Researcher will start gathering information with the aid of the internet.

2018/04/13th

-Information gathered will be written in scrapbook.

2018/04/15th

-Scrap book will be shown to subject teacher towards the progress of the project.

2018/04/16th

-Necessary correction will be made from advice given by subject teacher.

2018/04/20th

2018/04/27th

-Researcher will compose a detailed report outlining the different aspect of the project. -Researcher will compile neatly the different components of the project in a folder, and present it to the subject teacher on the date of submission.

Date

Implementation Activity

2018/04/10th

-Subject teacher handed out project.

-Researcher read project and it was discussed by the subject teacher. -Project 2 was chosen.

2018/04/11th

A research was conducted on the topic of the project chosen

2018/04/12th

Researcher started gathering information for the progress of the project. -

2018/04/13th

information gathered was written in scrap book. -

2018/04/15th

2018/04/16th

scrap book was shown to teacher towards the progress of the project. -necessary correction was made from the advice given by the teacher. Researcher composed detailed report outlining the different aspects of the project.

2018/04/20th

2018/04/27th

Researcher then compiled neatly the different components of the project in a folder and presented it to the subject teacher on the date of submission.

Garbage Disposal (a) Land pollution -is the basically the destroying of the land’s surface directly and indirectly due to our human activities that causes harm to other living things or destroys soil since the land mainly seen as the only receptacle for waste produced by factories and families. Waste Management- is also known as waste disposal are all the activities and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. It intends to reduce adverse effect of waste on humans and the environment.

Hope Secondary School National Grade Nine Assessment

Dear Respondent, The Researcher is a student of Hope Secondary School, who is currently in Grade Nine and is preparing to write the National Grade Nine Assessment in 2018. This survey is being conducted on the topic “Garbage Disposal” within the community of Beezie Enmore, East Coast Demerara (E.C.D). The Researcher would be very much thankful if you could kindly co-operate by completing this questionnaire for the Social Studies project that is required, by giving your honest opinion in responding to the questions provided. The information collected will be highly confidential since you do not have to reveal your identity. Yours Faithfully, ……………….. Tasleema Khan

Questionnaire 1. Gender Male [ 2. Age Range 15-20 [ ] 21-30 [ ] 31-40 [ ] 41 and over [

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Female [

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3. Ethnicity Amerindian [ ] European [ ] African [ ] Portuguese [ ] East Indians [ ] Chinese [ ] Mixed race [ ] 4. Religion Christianity [ ] Hinduism [ ] Islam [ ] Other………………… 5. How long have you been living within this community? 0-4 years [ ] 5-8 years [ ] 9-12 years [ ] Over 12 years [ ] 7. How frequently is garbage being collected in your community?

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Daily [ ] Weekly [ ] Twice a week [ ] Fortnightly [ ] 6. By what means do you dispose of your garbage? Burning [ ] Recycling [ ] Through the NDC [ ] Burying [ ] Throwing it in the streets [ ]

7. Type of garbage that are disposed of in your community? Plastic Food Metal Wood Paper Glass

7. Do you know that improper disposal of garbage can lead to pollution? Yes [ ] No [ ]

8. What form of pollution do you think could be created if garbage is not dispose of correctly? Water Pollution [ ] Land Pollution [ ] Air Pollution [ ]

9. What are some of problems associated with garbage disposal? Flooding [ ] Land pollution [ ] Outbreak of diseases [ ] Other………….....

10. Do you practice recycling in your community? Yes No 11. What type of materials do you think should be recycled? ………………………………………………………………………………… 13. Do you think that recycling is healthy for the environment? Yes [ ] No [ ] 14. What are the methods of recycling of garbage? Compositing [ ] Have different bin for different materials [ ] Reuse plastic container and bags [ ] Reuse paper for other purpose [ ]

15. What measures can be implemented to ensure that your community is clean and healthy? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………

Table 1. shows the types of garbage that are disposed of in the community.

Tally

Number of Respondents

Glass

IIII I

6

Plastic

IIII III

8

Food

IIII IIII

10

Metal

II

2

Wood

IIII

5

Paper

IIII I

6

Question What types of garbage are disposed of in your community?

Table 2. Shows ways in which residents dispose of their garbage in the community. Question

Tally

Number of Respondents

By what means do you dispose of your garbage? Burning Recycling Through the NDC Burying Throwing it in the streets

IIII

5

II

2

IIII II

7

II

2

IIII IIII

9

Table 3. Shows the frequency with which garbage is collected in the community.

Question

Tally

Number of Respondents

How frequently is garbage being collected in your community? Daily

IIII IIII IIII

15

IIII III

8

Twice a week

II

2

Fortnightly

-

0

Weekly

What types of garbage are disposed of in your community?

12

10

10

8

6

8

6

6 5

4

2

2

0 Glass

Plastic

Food

Metal

Wood

Paper

Figure 1. shows the type of garbage that are disposed of in the community. The line graph above shows what type of garbage is disposed of in the community. Ten (10) persons respond to Food, Eight (8) respond to Plastic, Six (6) respond to Glass, Six (6) respond to Paper, Five (5) respond to Wood while Two (2) respond to Metal.

By what means do you dispose of your garbage?

20%

36% Burning Recycling

8%

Through the NDC Burying Throwing it in the streets

8%

28%

Figure 2. shows the ways in which residents dispose of their garbage in your community. In the pie chart above it was observed that 36% of Residents dispose of their garbage by throwing it in the streets, 28% of Residents dispose of their garbage via the NDC,20% of Residents burning their garbage, 8% of Residents dispose of ztheir garbage through Recycling while the remainding8% dispose their through the means of Burying.

How frequently is garbage being collected in your community?

16 14

15

12 10 8 8 6 4 2 2 0

Daily

Weekly

Twice a week

0

Fortnightly

Figure 3. Shows the frequency with which garbage is collected in the community. From the bar chart given above it was noted that major of persons in the community garbage are disposed of regularly. Fifteen (15) persons garbage are disposed of daily, Eight (8) persons garbage are disposed of weekly, and Two (2) persons garbage are disposed of twice a week and no persons garbage are disposed of fortnightly.

Three problems that are associated with garbage disposal in the community are flooding, outbreak of diseases and Land pollution. When persons do not dispose of their garbage safely it ends up in the water ways blocking the drainage system and as a result flooding occurs which create many financial losses for residents. Improper disposal of garbage in the community results in the outbreak of diseases for example Malaria, whereby the mosquitoes breed in the garbage that is pile up thus spreads diseases which can affect the health of residents. Land pollution is also associated with garbage disposal since when persons dispose of garbage improperly it spread all over the environment resulting unpleasant smell in the community. One type of garbage that could be recycled is plastic bottle (dry waste) - Recycling plastic products also keep them out of landfills and allow the plastics to be reused in manufacturing new products. Plastic bottle can therefore be used to make ornaments and other creative products in the home which persons can sell to earn a living. Thus, recycling plastic bottle can create a source of employment for persons. Three measures that residents can implement to ensure that their community remains clean and healthy are:

 Each household should ensure that they have a garbage disposal bin to get rid of their garbage especially their solid waste since it the main cause/source of pollution within the community.  The Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) should ensure that they are regular clean-up campaign within the community, mainly the cleaning of drains and trenches to help reduce flooding when there is heavy rain fall.  If the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) fails to collect garbage on regular basis persons should bury their garbage and not burn them since it can lead to air pollution causing harm to the health of residents and the environment.

Conclusion It can be concluded that the researcher has learnt the various ways in which garbage is being collected and disposed in the village of Beezie Enmore along with the time frame of which garbage is being collected within the village.