Recycling and Upcycling:

Don't Trash our future

 OBJECTIVES:
 To raise personal and public awareness of
environmental issues, including the benefit of
reducing, re-using and recycling of materials that
would otherwise be sent to landfill sites
 To establish and maintain a profitable recycling
program on a permanent basis in those
geographical areas
According to Ocean Conservancy, the Philippines produces 2.7
million tons of plastic waste every year, with half a million tons
believed to end up in the Pacific Ocean.

Waste pollution is one of the biggest environmental problems in

the Philippines. In Metro Manila alone, around 9,212 tons of
waste end up in rivers, estuaries, and other bodies of water,
including the Manila Bay, according to a report released by the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
Impact of waste disposal in the Philippines
 Improper solid waste disposal in the Philippines has
threatened the environment and public health since it has caused
the contamination of adjacent surface and ground waters that are
the drinking water sources of many communities. Water pollution
has contributed to high incidences of mortality and morbidity.
What are the effect of landfill sites on the environment?
 The degradation of wastes in the landfill results in the production
of leachate and gases. These emissions are potential threats to
human health and to the quality of
the environment. Landfill gas consists mainly of methane and
carbon dioxide, both important greenhouse gases.
Why can’t the Philippines solve its trash problem?

 Non – compliance of RA 9003.

 Local Government Units are struggling to implement the “Ecological Solid Waste
Management Act of 2000” or RA 9003 which was signed into law in 2001. (has
provisions for solid waste reduction and avoidance through recycling, composting,
and other methods before disposal in the appropriate facilities.)

Why is trash an issue?

 Burying garbage also causes both air and water pollution, and simply
transporting it to the sites consumes an increasing amount of valuable fossil fuels,
which produces more pollution and other problems. Buried in a landfill, the typical
plastic trash bag takes 1,000 years to degrade, giving off toxins as it does.
EO No. 79 Series of 2020
 An order implementing the plastic ordinance of Tuguegarao City.
Section 192 of City ordinance No. 058-2017 also known as “ City ordinance
enacting the Comprehensive Environmental management Code of Tuguegarao City”
provides that all establishments and vendors may provide bio-oxo plastic bags or
eco-friendly bags to their carrying and transport of dry goods. As much as
practicable, use of plastics for packaging of goods shall not be allowed.
Fines:
1st offense – Php 500.00
2nd offense – Php 1,000.00
3rd offense – Php 3,000.00 and suspension of license to operate for a period of 6mos
in business stablishment.
4th offense – Php 5,000.00 and cancellation of license to operate in the case of
business establishments.
Negative Effects of Improper Waste Management
1. Soil Contamination
 Contamination occurs by spilling and burying hazardous
components in soil
2. Water Contamination
 Water is an excellent solvent; it can contain numerous dissolved
chemicals.
 Rainfall easily mixes to toxic liquid substances and seeps into the
water streams to end up in nearby water bodies. Thus, the
neighborhood fountain, pond, lake or even drinking water taps are
susceptible to the dangers of contamination.
3. Climate Contamination
 Firstly, harmful greenhouse gases are created from decomposing
waste. These rise up to the atmosphere and trap heat. This
adversely causes extreme weather reactions in the form of storms
and typhoons.

4. Air Contamination
 On the occasions paper and plastic are burned at the landfill,
causing landfill gas, the chemicals released which accumulate and
contribute to the ozone layer and also hurt the surrounding human
population. Methane gas adds to it as well. Besides, with chemicals
such as dioxin out there, the air has been proven to have harmful
effects on us.
5. Harm Towards Animal and Marine Life
 Despite strict measures to stop it, we keep seeing the continual dumping of
garbage, raw or untreated sewage. Any animal or marine life coming in
contact gets impacted in the worst of ways. The inevitable formation of
algal bloom and clusters contaminates and eventually suffocates marine life
such as coral and fish.
Furthermore, it is a vicious cycle which feeds itself:
• Waste is dumped into the ground
• Absorbed by the soil and groundwater
• Waste contaminates the land on which we grow food and provides water for
us and animals
• Waste in the marine life kills fish
• Carcasses float on the surface, and we see mosquitoes feed on it
• The diseases carrying mosquitoes now spread sickness and death among
the living population
6. Human Damage
 Consider the majority of the human population where we do not see any
scientific waste management system. Such places may possess a system,
but there is no disposal area to be found.

Those who are at significant risk are:

 Children and those who live near such facilities
 Waste disposal workers
 Employees whose workplaces manufacture or come into contact with waste
materials
Think about the fires at landfills and its effects on us. Whether coming from the
air or its accumulation in our cellars, those landfill gases have been exposed for
causing cancer, create respiratory and visibility problems, and the explosion of
cans put people nearby at constant risk.
Recycling Upcycling
 Is the process of  Is a way to creatively reuse and
converting waste materials into new recycle waste, or by-products into
materials and objects. It is an
new materials that are of higher
alternative to “conventional” waste
disposal that can save material and quality
help lower greenhouse  Reusing a material without
gas emissions. degrading the quality and
 Recycling can prevent the waste of composition of the material for its
potentially useful materials and next use.
reduce the consumption of fresh raw
materials, thereby reducing: energy
usage, air pollution (from
incineration), and water pollution
(from land filling).
 Is the process of collecting and
processing materials that would
otherwise be thrown away as trash
and turning them into new products.
Effect of Recycling and Upcycling in the
Environment
The environment benefits of upcycling are
mommoth, aside from minimizing the volume of
discarded materials and waste being sent to
landfill each year, it also reduces the need for
production using new raw materials which means
a reduction in air pollution, water pollution,
greenhouse gas emissions and often a
conservation of global resources.
Environmental Benefits of Upcycling
1. Saving materials from landfill
2. Reducing what goes into landfill
3. Minimal use of natural resources

Social and Economic Benefits of Upcycling

4. Craftmanship
5. Supporting local and rural industry
6. Reduced manufacturing costs
Cheese graters turned into lights or earring holders, bins
turned into lights, and strainers turned into light shades.

Upcycled ladder into a bookshelf

 The 7 Rs of Sustainability

Rethink Repurpose & Repair

 Rethink how you view natural  Before disposing of an
resources item, consider the ways in
Refuse which it could be
 refusing to accept or support repurposed or repaired.
products or companies that harm Recycle
the environment.
Rot
Reduce
 also known as
 Reducing the number of
resources used in your everyday composting, is the act of
life turning food waste and
other organics back into
Reuse
nutrient-rich soil.
 When you purchase an item, say
a can of tomato sauce, think
about how you are paying for the
sauce AND the jar or container it
comes in.
 Recycling and Upcycling is
everyone's responsibility,

Waste is a Misplaced Resource

and an Unrecognized Wealth…

Don't Trash our Future

THANK YOU   