Solid Waste Management and Disposal

The Nature of the Problem

Methods of Waste Disposal
Methods of Waste Reduction

Identify the major components of waste stream, how they are being.
Explain how incinerators work as well as the advantages and disadvantages they
offer.
Summarize the benefits, problems and potential of recycling.
Analyze some alternatives for reducing the waste we generate.
Understand what hazardous and toxic wastes are and how we dispose them.

Waste management is collection, transportation, and disposal of garbage, sewage and other waste products.

Waste management or Waste disposal is all the activities and actions required to manage waste from its inception to
its final disposal. This includes amongst other things, collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste together
with monitoring and regulation. It also encompasses the legal and regulatory framework that relates to waste
management encompassing guidance on recycling etc.

DENR Administrative Order 2001-34

(1) DENR Administrative Order (DAO) No. 34, Series of 2001 adopts and
promulgates the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of RA 9003. It
prescribes details of, for example:
a) the creation of the provincial, municipal and city SWM Boards, and of
the Barangay SWM Committees;
b) the elaboration of the 10-year SWM Plan, with Waste Characterization
Study (WACS) and projected waste generation, among others;
c) the guidelines on the design, construction, and operational
requirements of a sanitary landfill; and
d) the establishment of MRF in every barangay or cluster of barangays.