SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

Classification of Solid Waste

Compostable/Biodegradable Wastes
KITCHEN WASTES

GARDEN WASTES

Leftover/spoiled foods
Fruit/Vegetable peelings
Fish/Fowl Cleaning
Seeds / Bones

Leaves
Branches/Twigs
Weeds
Flowers / Roots

ANIMAL WASTES

HUMAN WASTES

Manure
Carcass

Soiled Tissue Paper

Excreta

Recyclable/Non-Biodegradable Wastes
Cloth/Dry processed fiber
Metals
Dry leathers/feathers
Glasses
Hard shells
Rubber
Reclyclable plastics
Dry Paper / Cartoons
Non-reclyclable / Residual Wastes:
Sanitary napkins
Ceramics
Disposable diapers
Composite Packaging
Used /worn-out rugs
(tetrapaks)
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Candy wrappers

Special / Hazardous Household Wastes

Paints
Tires
Thinner
Large worn-out or
broken household
Batteries
appliances such as
Spray canisters
stoves, refregerators,
Worn-out /broken radios,
dishwashers, clothes
stereos and TV sets
washers and dryerss

Existing Situation:
Presence
of
refuse
disposal
method,
equipments/facilities and their characteristics.
Presence of disposal site, size, location, area and
population served.
Proportion of Households enjoying regular
waste collection.
Capital / financing / operating cost.
Degree of acceptance of present disposal trends
Local future disposal plans

Existing Situation:
Describe the usual manner by which household
disposes its kitchen garbage:
Picked-up by Garbage Trucks the LGU or
private contractor manages the systematic
collection of garbage.
Dumping in Individual Pit (not burned)
garbage is simply thrown in pits whether inside
the yard or vacant lots and left to decay.
Burning garbage is dumped in an open space
or pits and burned.

Existing Situation:
Composting garbage is allowed to decay under
controlled conditions & the composted
materials are collected later for use as soil
conditioner or fertilizer.
Burying garbage is thrown in a pit and
covered with soil.
Feeding to animals
Others thrown in esteros, vacant lots, rivers,
etc.
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Household by Usual Manner of Garbage Disposal

City / Municipality of _____________
Usual Manner of Garbage Disposal

# of Household

% to Total

Picked up by service trucks/carts

Dumping in Individual open pit
Burning
Composting
Burying
Feeding to Animals
Others
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Situational Analysis:
Discuss presence of existing solid waste disposal
problems such as:
those caused by employee, equipment, operating
procedures or the method of disposal used;
those that result from a disaster or because of the
unusual or especially hard-to-handle type of
refuse (e.g. refuse from disaster, dead animal,
condemned foods, hazardous and special refuse,
construction wastes, industrial wastes and
demolition wastes.

Determine the area needed for solid waste management site.

The following formula may assist LGUs in projecting the
area needed for waste management facility considering
waste generation, waste density, service time, and the
design height.
Area

Amount (Kg/year)
Density (Kg/cu.m)

Residence Time (year)

Height (m)

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Sample computation for determination of land area for

Sanitary Landfill
Given :
Population

= 100,000

Waste Generation

= 0.5 Kg person / day

Waste Density

= 330 kg / cu.m

Height

= 10 meters

Residence Time

= 10 years

Compute for Waste Generation :

Waste Generation = 100,000 x 0.5 kg/day x 7 days/week x 52 weeks / yr
= 18,200,000 kg. / year
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Compute for Land Area Requirement :

Area

Waste Generated (Kg/year)

Waste Density (Kg/cu.m)

18,200,000 kg/yr
330 / cu. m.

Residence Time (year)

Landfill Depth (m)

55,151 square meters or

10 years
10 meters

5.5 hectares

Compute for the Total Land Requirement :

The computed land area requirement needs to be increased by
50% to allow for daily cover, roads, receiving areas, fencing, etc.

Total Land area = 5.5 hectares x 1.5 =

8.25 hectares
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Notes:
Sanitary Landfill is at the bottom of
solid waste management hierarchy, it
is being done after other waste
minimization strategies such waste
reduction at source, recycling,
composting,
etc.
have
been
conducted. The EWM Act targeted
25% waste reduction for disposal to
sanitary landfill after 5 years
implementation of the act.
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Notes:
330 kg/cu.m waste density utilized by DENR.
Waste generated should remove fraction to be diverted to composting,
recyling, reuse, etc.
Target Service time of the facility. DENR prescribes that site should be
sufficient for a landfill with a target service life of up to 5 years.
Landfill depth = 10 meters

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Select the site for solid waste facilities and

indicate in the land use map. The following
are the general siting criteria for waste
facilities:
Environmentally satisfactory prevent surface and
groundwater pollution.

Socially acceptable

- minimize smell and noise,

aesthetics.

Good Accessibility

proper distance, good road

infrastructure

Good Service provision - access to water, power

and sewerage.

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