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Human activities generate waste and the amounts tend to increase as the
demand for quality of life increases.

Sustainable solutions for solid waste management in

Southeast Asian countries
Author links open overlay panel Uyen Nguyen Ngoc Hans Schnitzer

Waste Management
Volume 29, Issue 6, June 2009, Pages 1982-1995

The Philippines like most developing countries in Asia and the Pacific Region
faces more pronounced waste management challenges in urban metropolitan
centres.
Municipal Solid Waste Management in Asia and the Pacific Islands pp 281-297| Cite as

Municipal Solid Waste Management in the

Philippines

 Albert Altarejos Magalang Email author

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According to the Philippines Environment Monitor 2006 report, it is estimated that 95% of wastewater
flowing from households directly or via septic tanks is transported into groundwater, public canals or
drainage systems, eventually entering rivers or other water bodies, especially in areas with no sewer
systems. As a result, it is reported that up to 58% of the country’s groundwater intended for drinking is
microbiologically contaminated with coliform.

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0956247817718402

https://psa.gov.ph/content/2014-annual-survey-philippine-business-and-industry-water-supply-
sewerage-waste-management-0

http://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1000917

Journal of Environmental Science and Management 18(2): 44-52 (December 2015) ISSN 0119-1144

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Willingness to Pay For Sewerage and Sanitation Services: A Contingent
Valuation Survey in Metro Manila, Philippines

Rosalina Palanca-Tan1

Department of Economics, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City 1108 Philippines