Zero Waste

Models:
Building Pieces
for a Zero Waste
Future

Froilan Grate
President, Mother Earth
Foundation

MEF:

On the road
to

Why
Waste?

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43%*
Practice
illegal
dumping,
especially
in bodies of
water
*MEF SW Practices Survey

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100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%

90%

99%

30%
20%
10%
0%

2016

2050

Birds with Ingested Plastic

Plastic-Free Birds

www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/01/up-to90-of-seabirds-have-plastic-in-their-guts-study-finds

60%*
of
househol
ds
Burn their
waste

*MEF SW Practices Survey

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From
tragedy
to
action
Republic Act 9003:
The Ecological
Solid Waste
Management Act
of 2000

Payatas tragedy a garbage slide

that buried and
killed hundreds of
waste pickers and
their families
Served as push for
national law on
proper waste
management

RA 9003
And other
environmental
laws

Clean Air Act:

National Ban on
Incineration
RA 6969: Toxic
and hazardous
Waste Act

The Ecological Solid

Waste
Management Act
- Decentralization of
waste
management
- At source
segregation
- MRF in every
barangay
- No segregation, no
collection
- Closure of all
dumpsites
- Ban on open

Waste
Generat
ion

0.2-0.6
KG
per
capita/day

Leather and Rubber; 1% Cermic and Stone; 1% Others; 1%

Metal;
Textile
and5%
Plastic; 4%
Glass; 3%

Kitchen Waste; 45%

Plastic; 16%
Paper; 17%
Grass and Wood; 7%

Waste Composition

MEF@15
Fifteen Stories
Towards Success
in Zero Waste

Model:
Fort
Bonifacio,
Taguig
A densely
populated
barangay in Metro
Manila
Population: 15,000
(3,000 households)

Transforming
Communities
Before

Before

Transforming
Communities
Before

After

Responsibil
ities under
a
decentraliz
ed system

HOUSEHO BARANGA
LD
Y
SEGREGAT COLLECT
SEGREGATED
E;

WASTES;
SELL
SELL
RECYCLABLES
RECYCLABLES;
; COMPOST
COMPOST

CITY
COLLECT
RESIDUAL/
SPECIAL
WASTES

Typical
Waste
Stream
ORGANI
CS
FOR
ANI
MAL
FEED
S

RECYCLABLE

FOR
GLAS
COMP S
OSTIN
G

PLAST
IC

PAPE META
R
L

RESI
DUA
LS

SPECIAL

PLASTIC
BAGS/
PACKAGI
NG
COMPOSI
TES

SANI TOXIC/ BULK

TAR HAZAR Y
Y
DOUS

Transforming
Communities
Compliance rate of
95% for
at source segregation
Current diversion
rate:
80% of collected
waste
92% of generated
waste

Door to door
Information and
Education Campaign

Door to door
segregated
collection

Zero Fossil
Fuel Input
30 Tonnes
diverted/ month
Reduced energy
used to transport
waste, from 120
times per month
to 30

Transforming
Lives

Green jobs:
12 waste pickers to
collectors
5 MRF personnel
Living wage
Before: PHP 3,000
(USD 70)
Now: PHP 8,000
(USD 186) +
Income from

Scaling Up to a
City Model:
San Fernando
City, Pampanga

Population:
300,000 residents
Provincial Capital
and Regional
Center
Day Population: 1

Working
Models

San Fernando City

Adopted Zero
Waste as a
Principle
Diverted 55% in 6
mos
Current Diversion
rate is
73-78%

Working
Models

San Fernando City

180
MRFs, one in
every barangay,
school
and subdivisions

Model for
Decentralized
Waste
Management:
MRFs in all 35
barangays.

Working
Models

San Fernando City

Created green jobs:

more than 10O
formal waste
workers
Organized waste
workers into an
association
President sits in the
City Solid Waste

Working
Models

San Fernando City

Closed WTE facility

Technology not
viable
Not enough
waste

Leather and Rubber; 1% Cermic and Stone; 1% Others; 1%

Metal;
Textile
and5%
Plastic; 4%
Glass; 3%

Kitchen Waste; 45%

Plastic; 16%
Paper; 17%
Grass and Wood; 7%

Waste Composition

Leather and Rubber; 1% Cermic and Stone; 1% Others; 1%

Textile and Plastic; 4%

Kitchen Waste; 93%

Waste Composition

Plastic
Ban

95%
compliance

Plastic carrier bags

on dry and wet goods
- After 3 months,
plastic free-day
- Not allowed to
be given for free
after 6 months
(with fee)
- After 1 year,
total ban

Establishment of Brgy.
Neogan
MRF and Eco-Park

Scaling Up Models
Province of Nueva Vizcaya
for a Province-wide Zero
Waste Program

275 barangays
15 municipalities

Metro Manila LGUs

Quezon City
Manila
Makati
Caloocan
Paraaque
Pasay
Pasig
Mandaluyong
Muntinlupa
Valenzuela
Las Pias
Malabon
San Juan
Marikina
Navotas
Pateros

Solid Waste Budget (COA 2012

Report)

San
Fernando:
12 Million
vs
70 Million

920,700,000
512,564,000
424,168,000
421,933,000
383,901,000
380,808,000
294,723,000
206,539,000
204,960,000
109,820,000
90,438,000
79,982,000
75,320,000
42,572,000
41,072,000
9,349,000

Metro Manila LGUs

Pasay
Makati
Paraaque
Mandaluyong
San Juan
Muntinlupa
Pasig
Quezon City
Manila
Caloocan
Malabon
Valenzuela
Navotas
Las Pias
Pateros
Marikina

SW Budget

380,808,000
424,168,000
383,901,000
206,539,000
San
75,320,000
204,960,000
Fernando:
294,723,000
920,700,000
Php
25
512,564,000
421,933,000
79,982,000
109,820,000
41,072,000
90,438,000
9,349,000
42,572,000

Per Capita SW
Spending

969
802
653
628
620
446
440
333
310
283
226
191
165
164
146
100
0

Local
solutions
work, and
Zero Waste
is Possible!

THANK YOU!
Froilan Grate
froilan@MotherEarthPhil.
org