Just wanna share a few tips and tidbits on solid waste management for schools, which I use whenever I do lectures in schools.
Solid Waste is the most visible environmental problem in the country.
Here in the metro, wherever we look, we see garbage. People have gotten so used to throwing everything on the streets, especially commuters, that the local government’s spending a lot of the allocated budget just to have the streets cleaned.
Studies estimate that here in the Metro, each Pinoy generates half a kilo of garbage per …

Brgy. Lingsat Cluster, San Fernando, La Union
Rodolfo M. Abat
Dating Punong Barangay
Alejandrino Mondina
Kasalukuyang Punong Barangay

The Brgy. Lingsat Cluster consists of 4 barangays namely Lingsat, Carlatan, Dalumpines Oeste and Padaraoan all located in San Fernando City, La Union. This cluster was spearheaded by Brgy. Lingsat after it has successfully managed its Ecological Solid Waste Management Program that started in 2002.
Called the Lingsat Ecowaste Management System or LEMS, the barangay believed that their system is applicable, adoptable and sustainable and that belief led to its successful application to the …

Brgy. San Antonio, Cauayan City, Isabela
Jose A. Dumlao
Punong Barangay

Brgy. San Antonio is one of the 65 barangays of the City of Cauayan. It is an agricultural barangay with 5 puroks. Its vision for Solid Waste is “A clean and progressive barangay with residents fully educated on waste segregation and implementing a well-planned, coordinated and integrated solid waste management program”.
Indeed it can be said that the barangay has exerted much effort on making this vision a reality.

Among its exceptional approaches in the implementation of a solid …

Brgy. Oring-Oring, Brookes Point, Palawan
Ibrahim Palampisi
Dating Punong Barangay
Kusran Jaapar Mattarasal
Kasalukuyang Punong Barangay

Brgy. Oring-Oring is a scenic coastal community located some 6 kilometers south of the Poblacion of Brooke’s Point, Palawan. It is the place where the world’s biggest pearl was found. Called the “Pearl of Allah” or the Dowell Pearl, the pearl is now housed in the American National Museum of History in New York, USA for the world to see and appreciate. The barangay is also noted for its wharf and is proposed to be the …