Introduction

One of the most environmental problems that people are facing now is the proper management of our wastes. Wastes are everywhere and these impose health related problems if not manage in right way.

Government primarily is concern with this problem. That is why, they create laws to complement with this matter. Moreover, local officials from Brgy. Inocencio, Trece Martires, Cavite is supporting it by implementing a pilot project on solid waste management in their area. The question is, will the residents of Brgy. Inocencio willing to support the project?

Map of the Philippines

MAP OF CAVITE

TRECE MARTIRES CITY

MAP OF BRGY. INOCENCIO

Barangay Inocencio

one of the thirteen barangay in Trece Martires City, Cavite.

has been named in honor of Maximo Inocencio.

Total area= 243 hectares

Adjacent barangaysLuciano on the NorthAlulod Indang, Cavite on the

SouthConchu on the East Aguado on the West

Has a total population of 28,299.

(census by the Barangay Nutrition Scholar, BNS)

Land use- Agri-business Terrain Characteristics- rolling terrain Type of soil:

90% clay loam 10% clay

ObjectivesThe general objective of the

study is to determine the environmental attitudes of the residents of Brgy. Inocencio regarding the pilot project of their barangay about solid waste.

Specifically, this study aims: to identify the project of Brgy.

Inocencio about solid waste; to identify each process of the

project; to identify the respondents’

attitudes towards the project.

Importance of the Study

The information generated from this study will determine the attitudes of the residents regarding the project.

This case study will help the residents of Brgy Inocencio become more aware with the project of the barangay. Moreover, the people will support for the success of the project if they really aware of the project.

Scope and Limitation

The study focuses mainly on the environmental attitudes of the residents of Brgy. Inocencio regarding the pilot project about solid waste management.

Time and Place of the Study

The study was conducted in five subdivisions of Brgy. Inocencio namely, Sampaguita Village, Regina Ville, Southville 2, St. Joseph Homes and Tradition Homes including the Inocencio Proper from the first week to the third week of October 2010.

Methodology

The materials used in the conduct of the study were the following:

Barangay profile documents Digital camera for documentation Survey questionnaires

Methods Collections of data regarding

the project by interviewing the designated person.

Preparation for the survey

A questionnaire was designed to primary gather the residents’ response towards the solid waste program.

An interview was conducted to determine the following:Residents’ Profile

○ Name○ Age○ Gender○ Address○ Educational attainment

Residents’ response by answering the following question:

Do you know the project of your barangay about solid waste?

Are you willing to support it?What will you do to support the project?

Integration of the gathered data.

The questionnaires were then analyzed.

Before coming up with an ordinance in relation to RA 9003, the following activities were made and conducted.

Program launching of Clean and Green Project in Brgy. Inocencio Where: Bagong Pook Elem. School

When: May 8, 2008Sponsor

○ Mrs. Nenita Casaba

Speakers:Kapitan Teodoro “During” Atas

Mayor Jun Sagun

Participants○SK Officials○Brgy. Officials○Taugama Fraternity○Varsitarian Fraternity○Senior Citizen Organizations○HOA of different subdivisions

Activity: Tree planting○Where: Southville 2, Phase I○Participants: more or less 80 persons

○What: 200 mahogany

Followed up by Brgy. Linis on SubdivisionsMay 11- Oct. 23, 2008Who: Barangay OfficialsWhen: Every SundayWhere: all Subdivisions

Seminar on Solid Waste with Prof. Noel A. SedigoWhen: June 21, 2008Where: Regina Ville 2000Participants: HOA officials,

Regina Ville 2000 residentsSpecial Guest: Councilor Alex

Lubigan (City Councilor)

School visitations for Information Dissemination

○Bagong Pook Elementary School

○Southville Elementary School

After school visitation, the barangay decided to visit subdivisions by blocks.

The first subdivision visited was Southville.

They already visited five blocks. Other subdivisions will be visited after

the barangay election last October 25, 2010.

Search for Ambassador of Good Will to CleanlinessInitiator: Mrs. Nenita CasabaWhere: Regina Ville 2000, Brgy. Inocencio

When: Nov. 22, 2008Guest: Prof. Noel A. Sedigo

Board of Judges:Ms. Jazel Lomboy (SK Councilor)Mr. Richard Dein Altarez (Senior

Student, CVSU, EnSci)Ms. Diana Bawag (Senior Student,

CVSU, EnSci)

Participants: one representative from all the schools in Brgy. Inocencio○Private SchoolsGod is Good Learning CenterBlessed Family AcademyLuvileigh AcademyFabulous Academy

John Merced AcademyNoelles Angels AcademySt. Thomas Becket Academy

○Public SchoolsSouthville Elementary School (Public)

Bagong Pook Elementary School

Winners○First Place: Paricipants from

Luveleigh Academy○2nd Place: Participants from

Blessed Family Academy○3rd Place: Participants from

Southville Elemenary School

Search for the Cleanest and Greenest subdivision of Brgy. InocencioIt was a fund raising programIt was held on Sept. 3, 2009.Initiated by barangay officials

Judges were the following:○Mr. Robert Fairman (Head,

Provincial Tourism Office)○Mr. Ronaldo Molina (Vice

President, HOA (ReginaVille 2000)

Buying of rubber and steel trashRubber Trash Container

○Purchased last May 2008 using SK fund together with the launched of Clean and Green Project in May 2008.

○100 pieces ○Put along the highway.

Steel Trash Container○4 pieces○7,000 each, a total of 28,000.○Sangguniang Kabataan Fund

Hiring of Eco-aideHired by the barangay officials last

October 2009.Has a honorarium of Php 2,000 a

month from barangay fund.A total of 8 eco aides.

○Mr. Rico S. Ilagan○Mr. Marlon Roguel○Mr. Pedro Ablan○Mr. Herman Alano○Mr. Mark Joseph Crudo○Mr. Victor Garcia○Mr. Wilfredo Escalante○Mr. Ronnie Escubido

Seminar of Barangay officials about Solid WasteTitle: Lakbay Aral cum SeminarWhen: March 11-25 2010Where: City Hall (Session Hall) of

Cavite, Laguna, Marikina, Carmona, Teresa Rizal

Initiator: Mayor Jun SagunParticipants: All the officials of different

barangays of Trece Martires City.

Purchase of Garbage truckWhen: June 1, 2010Amount: Php 520,000Quantity: 1Before, city garbage truck collect

the garbage in the whole Trece. Now, Inocencio has its own garbage truck.

June 25, 2010- Another seminar was conductedWhat: Solid Waste Management SeminarVenue: Session Hall of City Hall, Trece

Martires City, CaviteTime: 8:00 am to 5:00 pmSpeakers:

○ Prof. Noel A. Sedigo ○ Mr. Richard Dein Altarez (Environment

Management Specialist, Carmona, Cavite)

Partipants: ○ Representative of HOA

Pres. Edgar Yamson (St. Joseph Homes)

○ Representative of Religious OrganizationRegina Ville 2000 Pastoral Community

Melodina Medalla○ Representative of Health○ ECO Aides○ Brgy. Officials○ Brgy. Tanod

Creation of Barangay Solid Waste Management Board (BSWMB)

When: Aug. 18, 2010

Creation of Task Force KalikasanAlso known as Bantay KalikasanIt was created last August 23, 2010.They are partners of the BSWMB to

implement and disseminate information about the Solid Waste Program.

They have designated area to teach people how to segregate wastes properly.

They have a honorarium of Php 100 per day.

Members of Task Force Kalikasan are the following:○ Mrs. Evelyn Pamimdim○ Mrs. Josephine Carillo○ Mrs. Mary Grace Puzon○ Mrs. Mila Segundo○ Mrs. Divina Dela Rosa

Mrs. Gemma AliitMrs. Nimfa ArangoMr. Edwin PatronMr. Alberto MoloMrs. Marilyn SorianoMr. Domingo BuenvenutoMr. Armando Ramos

Passing of Ordinance of Brgy. Inocencio in regarding RA 9003

ORDINANCE NO. 3 AN ORDINANCE ENACTING THE SOLID WASTE

MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OF BARANGAY INOCENCIO

 

Non-government OrganizationsHome Owners Association (HOA) ○Southville 2 Phase1 Pres. Sherwin Nataya

○Regina Ville 2000 Phase 1 Pres. Beth Gaton

○Regina Ville 2000 Phase 2 Pres. Editha Dipano

○Sampaguita AsiaticPres. Melody Perez

○Sampaguita AyalaPres. Ma. Gelia Blancaflor

○St. Joseph HomesPres. Edgar Yamson

○Tradition Phase 1 Pres. Edgardo Clada

○Tradition Phase 2Pres. Ernesto Claro

Senior Citizen Organization

President: Cornillo Garcia (Inocencio Proper)

Religious sectors○Sampaguita Pastoral CommunityMrs. Felisa Ramos

○Regina Ville 2000 Pastoral CommunityMrs. Melodina Medalla

○Inocencio Proper Pastoral CommunityMrs. Rosita Perido

○Southville 2 Phase1 Pastoral CommunityMr. Aurelio Meneses

○Tradition Homes Pastoral CommunityMrs. Amy Jamora

Parents-Teachers Association○Mr. Noli Perez (Southville Elementary School)

BUSINESS SECTOR○King Leo’s Construction Supply

Mr. Marlon Miran

LOCAL GOVERNMENT Proponent

○ChairmanBarangay Captain Teodoro Atas

○ Vice Chairman Councilor Nenita Casaba

○SK ChairmanKhalid Abdalla

○Pres. of HOAEdgar Yamson (St. Joseph)

○Public SchoolAna Marie Aranzanso (Principal, Southville Elem. School)

○Private SchoolNoel Panganiban (Principal, Noelles Angels Academy)

○PTAMr. Noli Perez

○Religious SectorMrs. Melodina Medalla

Time Frame

The pilot project on Solid Waste Program in Brgy. Inocencio will take effect for ten years after the issuance of the ordinance. It was started last October 3, 2010 through information dissemination about the program.

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN

2010

PROGRAM/PROJECT/ ACTIVITIES

Period of Implementa

tion

Funding

Source Responsibilities

Remarks

I. EDUCATION 1.Information Campaign on Solid Waste Management.

June-December

2010

Brgy. Fund

Brgy. Officials/School Officials

On-going

2.Conduct community seminars including schools on household waste segregation, composition, recycling etc

July –September

2010

Brgy. Fund

Brgy. Officials/ Resource Speaker/SK Officials

3.Installation of billboards/signboards about waste management on Inocencio territory inc. subdivisions

July – December

2010

Brgy. Fund

Brgy. Officials/ H.O.A Officers

Table 1. Solid Waste Management Plan of 2010

II.ENGINEERING

1. Acquisition/Maint.of Garbage Collection Service Vehicle

May- June 2010

Brgy. Fund

Brgy. Officials

2. Provision of trash receptacles(segregation of waste) at designated areas

3rd Qtr-4th Qtr of 2010

Brgy. Fund

Brgy. Officials

3.Distribution of trash can

IV.ENTREPRENEURIAL

1. Establishment of system of buying and selling of recyclable waste.

3rd Quarter of 2010

Brgy. Officials/ SK Official

2. Promotion of livelihood activities from waste materials.

3rd Quarter of 2010

Brgy. Officials

III. ENFORCEMENT

1. Conduct Operation Linis

January-December 2010

Brgy.Officials,SK Officials, HOA Officials

On- going

Figure 2. Flow chart of fund resources of a barangay

Revenues (lots, houses, business establishments,

etc)

City Hall (City treasurer)

Allocation to different barangays

Financial Aspect

The pilot project of Brgy. Inocencio needs financial support in order to materialize. A budget of P 800,000 is allotted for the project for ten years. The budget will come from the barangay fund through IRA (Internal Revenue Allocation). This money is subdivided into the following expenses:

1 Garbage Truck  Php 520, 000

Seminars and Trainings Php15, 000Kit  Php 1, 500Information Dissemination  Php 3,000

Meals every meeting

(for 7 meetings) Php 7,000

Gasoline Php 19,500

Others Php 234,000

Total Php 800,000

The remaining fund will be allotted to:Additional trash fundInformation allocation campaign (e.g.

leafleting) Unexpected expenses

The budget allotted was not enough to support the project for ten years.

Objective of the Project

“Zero Plastic Waste”

Activities

1. It was started when barangay hall sell NFA rice. Whoever buy rice needs to carry their own container (plastic is not allowed) like rice sack.

2. Information dissemination of do’s and don'ts of using plastics.

General Response  In five subdivisions in Brgy.

Inocencio, namely, Regina Ville, Tradition Homes, Sampaguita (Asiatic and Ayala), St. Joseph Homes and Southville 2, ten randomly selected residents in each subdivisions were interviewed to determine their environmental attitudes about the project on solid waste management.

The attitudes of the residents were also determined through their age structure, gender and educational attainment.

Residents’ Attitude

RESIDENTS' ATTITUDE

NO. OF RESPONDENTS

PERCENTAGE

InformedNot informed

437

8614

Table 2. The response of the residents in Brgy. Inocencio about the project

Table 2. Response of the residents about the project in terms of willingness

RESIDENTS’

ATTITUDES

NO. OF

RESPONDENTS

PERCENTAGE

Will support 47 94

Will not support 3 6

Age StructureTable 3. Attitudes of the residents based on age

structure

AGE CATEG

ORY

AGE BRACK

ET

NO. OF RESPO

NDENTS

PERCENTAGE

FREQUENCY

WILL SUPPORT (%)

FREQUENC

Y

WILL NOT

SUPPORT (%)

Teenager

13 - 20 6 12 6 100 0 0

Young Adult

21 - 30 16 32 16 100 0 0

Adult 31 - 59 21 42 19 90 2 10

Senior Citizen

60 above

7 14 4 57 3 43

Gender

GENDER

NO. OF RESPONDENT

S

PERCENTAGE

FREQUENCY

WILL SUPPORT (%)

FREQUENCY

WILL NOT

SUPPORT (%)

Male 17 34 14 82 3 18

Female 33 66 31 94 2 6

Table 4. Attitudes of the residents based on gender

Educational AttainmentTable 5. Attitudes of the residents based on

educational attainmentEDUC.

ATTAINMENT

NO. OF RESPONDENTS

PERCENTAGE

FREQUENCY

WILL SUPPORT (%)

FREQUENCY

WILL NOT

SUPPORT (%)

College degree

15 30 15 100 0 0

College undergrad

uate

12 24 12 100 0 0

High School

19 38 16 84 3 16

Elementary

1 2 1 100 0 0

No formal education 3 6 2 67 1 33

Residents’ response

RESIDENTS’ ANSWERS FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

1.Makiisa sa magandang layunin ng barangay

13 26

2. Ilagay ang basura sa sako

3 6

3. Magsiga para walang lamok

1 2

4. Information dissemination

2 4

5. Segregation 18 36

Table 6. Residents’ answer in the question “How will you support the project?”

6. Sa magandang paraan

1 2

7. Paglilinis ng paligid

3 6

8. Hindi magkalat

5 10

9. No answer 4 8

TOTAL 50 100

Though they were informed and willing to support the project, they still do not know the practical and appropriate actions they can do. Seems like not everyone truly understands the project and just answered they were informed and they are willing to support.

Conclusion

According to the survey result, almost all people in Brgy. Inocencio were aware of the project. A few number of individuals were not informed.

Majority of the respondents were willing to support the project.

However, majority were not able to answer appropriately the question, “How will you support the project?” It only means that the respondents were not knowledgeable enough.

Overall, their attitude towards the environment was good. Though they do not know what will they do based on the third question, they are still willing to support the program.

Recommendation The data gathered must be subjected to

statistical analysis to obtain a more precise results.

Also, the barangay needs to have Gantt chart in every year to monitor if the plan of activities are properly followed and if any revisions must be done.

It must also show the yearly allotted money for the project in order to know if there are needs to have government subsidies.

The barangay officials and the BSWMB should continue to disseminate information about the pilot project and make sure that all the residents will truly understand it.

They also have to make sure that the residents will comply with this pilot project by strictly following the ordinance.

Figure 1. Officials of Barangay Solid Waste Management Board

Figure 2. Information Dissemination of Solid Waste Project in Southville2 Phase 1

Figure 3. Information Dissemination of Solid Waste Program by the Barangay Captain, Theodoro Atas.

Figure 4. Residents of Soutville2 Phase 1

Figure 5. Barangay Secretary, Ms. Jennifer Calbaquinto, addressing the roles of the residents regarding the program.

Figure 6. Ocular inspection of Brgy. officials on Inocencio proper.

Figure 7. Brgy. Inocencio’s Garbage Truck

Figure 8. Brgy. Linis on Inocencio Proper with officials of Brgy. Inocencio

Figure 9. Tree Planting of the officials of Brgy. Inocencio

Figure 10. Planting of mahogany of the barangay officials of Barangay Inocencio along the highway

Different Subdivisions of Barangay Inocencio

(Study Areas)

Figure 11. Regina Ville 2000,one of the study areas

Figure 12. Sampaguita Village, one of the study areas

Figure 13. Saint Joseph Homes, one of the study areas

Figure 14. Tradition Homes, one of the study areas

Figure 15. Southville 2 Phase 1, one of the study areas

Respondents from Different Subdivisions

Figure 16. One of the respondents from Sampaguita Village

Figure 17. One of the respondents from Saint Joseph Homes

Figure 18. One of the respondents from Regina Ville 2000

Figure 19. One of the respondents from Regina Ville 2000

Figure 20. One of the respondents from Tradition Homes

Figure 21. One of the respondents from Inocencio Proper

Figure 22. One of the respondents from Southville 2 Phase 1

DATA COLLECTION

Figure 23. Interview with Kagawad Nenita Casaba

Figure 24. An interview with a member of a religious organization, Mrs. Rosita Perido

Figure 25. Researchers together with the Barangay Inocencio’s secretary, Ms. Jennifer Calbaquinto

MRF AND STEEL TRASH MODEL

Figure 26. Steel Trash located near the barangay hall

Figure 27. Steel trash container located near the barangay hall

Figure 28. Sample Material Recovery Facility (MRF) near the Barangay hall.

-END-

Prepared by: Jonafe P. Aguda Czarah Jade V. Bazan Christopher E. Casaba Ann Pamela D. Constante Karla Joyce L. Marges