Solid Waste Management Program.docx

Solid waste Management Program Of Barangay Binuntucan Pontevedra, Capiz

Introduction

I.

a. Barangay (setting) Solid waste is any discarded materials which presents many serious environmental and public health problems and risks. A material is discarded if it is abandoned by being disposed of, burned, dumped or spilled. This can cause many problems

to

our

environment

which

may

affect

our

daily

lifestyle. Barangay Binuntucan is one of the barangay in the municipality of Pontevedra which has a large number of population. In this regard, there is also a high tendency that this barangay produces great amount of of solid waste every day. According to Phil. atlas 2019, this barangay has the population of 4, 737 as determined by the 2015 census. This

represented

Pontevedra.

10.20%

Barangay

of

the

total

Binuntucan

is

population

of

situated

at

approximately 11.4258, 122.8638, in the Island of Panay. It shares

a

Hipona,

common

border

Jolongajog,

with

Cabungahan,

the

following

New

barangays:

Guia

Maayon,

is

solid

and

Yatingan.

b. Date In

order

to

determine

if

there

a

management program that had exist or exiting in the

waste

barangay of Binuntucan, I have conducted an interview for

me

to

know

what

are

some

of

their

practices

and

programs vis-a-vis solid waste management. Last February 26, 2019, i have conducted the interview with some of their barangay officials. I have asked them questions and other concerns about the solid waste management program.

c. Persons involved During the interview, I have given the chance to asked their barangay captain and at the same time, their barangay kagawad same is through with some of the people in the barangay.

d. Purpose of the Interview Solid waste management program is one remedy in order to ensure that the solid waste is managed in such a way that protects both public health and environment. It is also a step for each people in the community to make an action to help the rehabilitation of the natural resources in our environment. It is program that had brought a great help in the community, especially in the barangays. This will also educate them about the things and plans that they should do to aid one of the major problem of the community, the solid waste. This program had also served as a guide to people who are involved in the barangay to be responsible and to be aware of the duty that they should do to help

enrich our environment. The main objective of the interview is to determine if there are plans or programs that exist or had existed in the community regarding the solid waste.

II. Contents a.

Guide questions

1. Is there a Solid waste management program that exists in your Barangay? “Yanda, wala pa kami sang muna nga program sa amon nga naka segregate gid sang amon mga basura diri. Ang mga tawo diri sa amon, sila man mismo ang naga himos sang ila mga basura sa ila mga balay. And iban sa ila naga kutkot sang buho sa likod sang ila balay kung sa diin nila gina haboy ang ila basura” “As of now, we do not have such program in our barangay. Of the residents here are the one who keep and

throw

their

own

wastes.

Some

of

them

have

created a pit where they throw/ put their waste.” 2. Are

there

any

projects

that

your

barangay

had

implemented or initiated about Solid waste management program? “Ang amon nga mga SK officials diri, may ara sila nga project pareho sang basurahan nga naka separate ang indi madunuton kag madunuton.” “Our SK officials have their projects like, trash cans that

segregate

biodegradable.”

the

biodegradable

and

non-

3. Are there any projects that you wanted to implement in your barangay in regards with Solid waste management programs? “May ara man kami gusto nga ibutang nga projects diri sa amon nga para maka bulig man sa amon diri nga mga pumuluyo.

Pareho

sang

mga

basura

nga

pwede

pa

ma

recycle, galing kay amon yanda problema wala pa kami mang budget nga maka pa ubra sang gusto namon nga proyekto.” “There are some projects that we wanted to put up in our barangay so that we can help our residents. We like to put up a project or a livelihood program, however we do not have sufficient of money to build this project.” 4. What

are

the

steps

that

you

do

to

maintain

the

cleanliness in your barangay? “Naga pa limpyo kami sa amon mga pamuluyo para maka maintain

man

ang

kalimpyo

sang

amon

barangay.

Kag

syempre Gina encourage man anom sila Sa pag partisipar Sa muna nga hilikuton.” “We let our residents clean our barangay. This is with the cooperation of Barangay council. We also encourage them to participate in this kind of activity.”

5. What do you think are some remedies to lessen the solid waste in your barangay? “Para sa akon, para siguro maibanan ang mga basura diri sa amon, kinahanglan gid ya nga may segregasyon kag amon

man ang pag upod kag pagsuporta sang mga

pumuluyo.” “For me, to lessen the solid waste that we have in our barangay, it is necessary that the residents will also participate in this kind of activity.” 6. Are you aware that solid waste has a negative effect to the environment? “Hou, bal-an gid ina namon nga may epekto ang mga basura sa aton, labi nagid sa aton nga kaugalingon.” “Yes, we are aware that solid wastes have negative effects in ourselves and health.” 7. How would encourage the residents in your community to help you maintain your surroundings? “Para

siguro

pumuluyo,

amon

nga

mag

sila

ugyon

nga

i

sa

amon

idukar

kag

ang

amon

mga

hambalan

nga

manami gid ang lugar nga malimpyo kag manami.” “To encourage our residents to join us in maintaining our

community

clean

and

conducive,

we

will

educate

them that a community which is clean is a great place to be in.”

III. Conclusions Based on the interview which was conducted, Barangay Binuntucan

is

a

barangay

which

do

not

have

a present

program in regards with solid waste management. However, they have done simple steps in order to help and to lessen some

of

the

problems

vis-a-vis

solid

waste

management

program. They have green and green programs, trash cans that would segregate their waste and they also try to encourage their people to join them in rehabilitating and maintaining the community that they have.

IV. Recommendations Based on the interview that was conducted, the following recommendations are stated below; 1. The Barangay officials must plan out a blueprint of the actions and other concerns that they will do in order to improve their community. 2. The leaders of the community must educate and encourage their

people

to

join

to

their

activity

that

will

enhance the community’s amenities. 3. The people of the community must cooperate and support the programs of their barangay.

4. The officials of the barangay can make a great impact on their community to enhance and rehabilitate it by doing the first step within themselves.

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