Greenside: Waste Sustainability

Despite strong environmental activism among Filipinos, the Philippines still suffers from a concerning waste mismanagement problem.

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1. With Metro Manila alone generating over 10,000 tons of waste and. Only 15% of waste is properly disposed of, while only 5% of waste is recycled.

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2. In the country, the local government units (LGUs) hold the primary responsibility for the effective and efficient solid waste management. The law also mandates that each village construct a recycling center, separate garbage, create a village composting system, and collect different types of waste separately, HOWEVER, only about 21% or 8,843 barangays complied.

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3. Metro Manila alone is projected to generate over seventy million tons of solid waste in the next thirty years. However, many landfills in the Philippines are already filled up to its capacity and forced to close.  

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