THE RELATIVE COMPARISON OF THE WASTE SEGREGATION AWARENESS OF

BONUAN BOQUIG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

INTRODUCTION

Waste segregation means dividing waste into dry and wet, dry waste includes,

papers, plastics, metals, glass, thermocol, rubber, Styrofoam, fabric, leather, Rexine, wood,

anything that can be kept for an extended period without decomposing. Wet waste typically

refers to organic wastes like coconut shells, vegetable waste, fruit waste, wood, egg shells,

nails, hair leaves, tea leaves, soiled cotton/tissue, cooked food waste, dust and bone that

usually generated by eating establishments and are heavy in weight due to dampness.

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The Philippines produces some 35,000 tons of municipal solid waste daily. It is a fact

that the rapid urbanization of cities in the country has provided ample opportunities for

growth. The other side of the same coin however bares a grim reality that there are

consequences to having scores of rural dwellers migrating to cities. In general, this rapid

urbanization happening in many cities globally has had certain repercussions such as the

lack of jobs, inadequate infrastructure, and even waste management issues. ( Remo, 2017)

Most of the public schools in our country have a concern pertains to proper waste

segregation. To name few, some students throw their trashes anywhere instead of putting it

in the trashcans. Some students don’t know what is biodegradable, non-biodegradable and

recyclable trashes or may be students are lazy to segregate their waste that’s why some
schools don’t maintain waste segregation. To add more, may be students are not aware of

the hazard of mixed waste, they think that it is not their responsibility to segregate the waste,

and some students don’t like to put their hands into waste.

The importance of waste segregation in school is you can avoid environmental

problems, such as unpleasant smells, contaminants and toxins leeching in water and air.

Based on the cited literature, the researcher would like to determine the Relative

Comparison of the Waste Segregation Awareness of Bonuan Buquig National High School

students.

Statement of the Problem

This study aimed to determine the Relative Comparison of the Waste Segregation

Awareness of Bonuan Buquig national High School students.

Specifically, it sought to answer the following sub-problems;

1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of their;

a. Age;

b. Gender; and

c. Grade and level

2. What is the level of awareness of the BonuanBoquig National High School students to the

waste segregation in terms of;

a. Attitude;

b. Practices in house;

c. biodegradable, non-biodegradable; and

d. length of decaying of biodegradable

3. Is there a significant dependence of their profile to their level of awareness at 0.05 level of

significance?
Theoretical Framework

Waste mismanagement has serious environmental effect making the passage of the

Republic act(RA) 9003 or the Ecological Waste Management Act of 2000 of landmark

environmental legislation in the Philippines. The law was crafted in response to the looming

garbage problem in the country. RA 9003 declares the policy of the state adopting a

systematic, comprehensi4ve and ecological solid waste management program that ensures

the protection of public health and the environment and the proper segregation, collection,

transport, storage, treatment and disposal of solid waste through the formulation and

adoption of best environmental practices. Moreover, it illustrates the potential and the

benefits of recycling not only in addressing waste management problems but also in

alleviating poverty.

RA 9003 was passed by the Philippine Congress on December 20, 2000and was

subsequently approved by the office of the President on January 26, 2001. It contains seven

(7) chapter sub-divided into 66 sections setting out policy direction for an effective solid

waste management program in the country.

Conceptual Framework

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

1. What s the profile of the -conducting a survey, The researcher will make a

respondents in terms or questionnaire and policy that everyone must

their; observation. segregate their trashes or

a. age else they will pay.

b .gender and

c. grade level

2. What is the levelof

awareness of BonuanBuquig

National High School

students to waste

management segregation in

terms of;

a. attitude

b. practice in house

c. biodegradable and non –

biodegradable

d. length of decaying of

biodegradable.
Assumption of the study

1. The researcher assume that the respondents will answer the questionnaire with honesty.

2. The researcher assume that this research conducted will give way to the school or even

to the society to lessen the problem in waste segregation

Significance of the study

This research study conducted will benefit the following.

This research will benefit the students because they will be able to lessen the problem

on waste segregation in their school.

This research will benefit the janitor in school because he/she will be able to do the

job easily.

This research will benefit the school administration because he can say that the school

where he

This research will benefit the waste collector because they will not be able to

segregate the trash anymore because it is already segregated.

Scope and Delimitation

This study was delimited to the 2,425 students in Bonuan Buquig National High

School S.Y.2017-2018. This study focused on the awareness in waste segregation of the

Bonuan Buquig National High School students based on a survey result. The scope was

limited to the awareness in waste segregation.

Definition of Terms

WASTE SEGREGATION – means dividing waste into dry and wet. Dry waste includes wood

and related products, metals, and glass. Wet waste, typically refers to organic waste usually

generated by eating establishments and are heavy in weight due to dampness.

AWARENESS – the quality or state of being aware: knowledge and understanding that

something and happening or exists.

RATIONALE - a set of reasons or a logical basis for a course of action or a particular belief.

PROFILE – a short description of someone’s life, work, character, etc...

BONUAN BUQUIG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTS – the respondents or the target

of the researcher to its research.

QUESTIONNAIRE –a set of printed or written questions with a choice of answer devised for

the purpose of a survey or statistically study.

SAMPLING - the act, process, or techniques of selecting a suitable sample: specifically: the

act, process or techniques of selecting a representatives part of a population for the purpose

of determining parameters or characteristics of the whole population.

 CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

FOREIGN LITERATURE

Most of the developing countries consist of mainly two system of handling waste.

The first is the formal system which is managed by the government. It normally involve the

cities, municipalities whereby municipality has the responsibility safe, reliable in caused

effective collection and final disposal of solid waste. This often requires large financial

resources than in most cases allocated on the public budget therefore making it almost

impractical to deal with the extent of the problem of waste management. (Gombya 2000) In

addition this type of system is frequently characterized as inefficient and expensive. The

second is the informal system which engages mainly private dealers such as communities of

scavengers and private associations, they represents a significant part of the economy as

they recognize the private part of certain materials such as plastic, bottles, paper and cans

for the domestic purposes. In sub areas this operation include charging some amount of

money to residents or picking up their garbage. The involvement in municipal waste includes

collecting, sorting, recycling and selling waste (UNIDO,2003). Furthermore, the two system

however our subjected to having very little interference and cooperation in all aspects of

waste handling making the problem of waste management even worse and persistence

(MUNGURE, 2008).

LOCAL LITERATURE

The experiences and practices of household waste management of people in a

barangay (village) in Manila, Philippines are documented. The data were gathered through
an interview with household members using open-ended question.Interviews were also

conducted with garbage collectors as well as scavengers.Results showed that the

household generated an average of 3.2 g of solid waste per day, or 0.50 kg/capita/day. the

type of wastes commonly generated are food/kitchen wastes,papers PET bottles, metal,and

cans,boxes/cartons,glass bottles, cellophane/plastics, and yard/garden wastes.The

respondents segregate their wastes into PET bottles, and other wastes (mixed wastes). No

respondents perform composting. It is worth noting,however,that burning of waste is not

done by the respondents. The households rely on garbage collection by the

government.Collection is done twice daily, except Sundays, and household members bring

their garbage when the garbage truck arrives. However,there are those who dump their

garbage in non-designated pick up points, usually in a corner of the street. The dumped

garbage becomes a breeding ground for disease-causing organisms. Some household

respondents said that it is possible that the dumping in certain areas caused the dengue

fever suffered by some of their family members. Mother and household helpers are

responsible for household waste management. Scavengers generally look for recyclable

items in the dumped garbage. All of them said that it is their only source of income, which is

generally not enough for their meals. Most of the respondents said that garbage collection

and disposal is the responsibility of the government. The results of the study showed that

RA 9003, also known as the Ecological Solid Wastes Management Act of 200o, is not fully

implemented in Metro Manila. (Bernardo,2008)

In addition, this study highlights the result of the study that the was conducted to

analyze the solid wastes management practices of the waste generators, and the extent of

their compliance with the Republic Act 9003,otherwise know as the Ecological Solid Waste

Management Act of 2000. The study was conducted in Bacolod City Philippines in 2007.
The findings of this study served as basis in developing a handbook on solid waste

management(Ballados,2010).

Furthermore, the Motion town government in Samar has vowed to intensify the

implementation of its Solid Waste Management Program after barangay chairmen here took

at one-day seminar-workshop on the program. The activity was held at the Legislative

Building here last Wednesday, August 29. Motion Mayor Francisco M. Langi Sr. said 30

barangay chairmen of is municipality attended said seminar-workshop sponsored by the

town government conducted Municipal Planning and Development Officer, Engr.

NicasioPermejo. Langi said all the barangay chairmen were educated on the provisions of

the Solid Waste Management Act 2003 so that they law in their respective barangays and

propagate environmental preservation. He said the town government will strictly implement

the “no segregation, no collection policy” in all of Motion’s barangays and urged the

barangay official to put up a Materials. Such materials can be turned into a livelihood as,

according to Langi,”there is money in junk”(Abrematea,2012)

SYNTHESIS

To have effective collection and final disposal of solid waste this often requires a

financial or charging some amount of money to the residents for picking up their garbage.

The experiences and practices of households waste management in a barangay

(village) in Manila. Collection is done twice daily, except Sundays, and household members

bring their garbage when the garbage truck arrives. However, there are those who dumps

their garbage in non-designated pick-up points, usually in a corner of the street.

 CHAPTER III

Research Methodology

Research Design

The researcher will use descriptive method to answer those about students

awareness in waste segregation, the researcher will give questionnaire to the 50

randomly students of Bonuan Buquig National High School.

Sources of Data

The respondents of this study composed of 25Junior high school and 25 Senior high

school students of Bonuan Buquig National High School. Also will get started on the said

school to gather relevant information and to get all information that they need in their

research, to present and to know the level of awareness of the Bonuan Buquig National

High School students on waste segregation.

Instrumentation

The researcher will use a questionnaire as the instrument of their research to be

answered by the randomly selected respondents of the Bonuan Buquig National High

School students. After they answered the questionnaire the researcher will tally all the

answers of the respondents to get the level of awareness of the Bonuan Buquig Nation High

School students to the waste segregation

Data Gathering Procedure

 The researchers get the total population of the Junior high school and the Senior

high school students at Bonuan Buquig National High School, and after that they get 25

junior high and 25 senior high students as their respondents.

Statistical Treatment
 QUESTIONNAIRE

Insert transmittal

The Relative Comparison of the Waste Segregation Awareness of Bonuan

Buquig National High School students.

I. Profile

Direction: Fill up the following.

Name: (Optional)

Age: 11-13

14-17

18-20

21- above

Gender: Male

Female

Grade Level:

7 10

7 8 11

9 12
II. Level of Awareness to Waste Segregation.

Direction: The following scale will be used to rate your awareness to waste segregation.

Check the box to your corresponding answer.

4 Strongly Agree

3 Agree

2 Disagree

1 Strongly Disagree

A. ATTITUDE 4 3 2 1

1. Throwing wastes to the trans cans is what I do the

most.

B. PRACTICES IN HOUSE

2. I do segregate waste in our house so I segregate our

waste in school.

C. BIODEGRADABLE

3. I know biodegradable and non-biodegradable very well

because that’s the way I segregate our waste.

D. LENGTH OF DECAYING OF BIODEGRADABLE

4. I know the decaying length of biodegradable wastes so

I dispose it when the trashcan is full.