Chapter 1, 2 and 3
Chapter 1, 2 and 3
Chapter 1, 2 and 3
Introduction
climate change, natural disasters etc. The indiscriminate disposal of solid wastes
is one major threat to environmental and human well- being (Ejaz, Akhtar,
Hashmi & Naeem,2010; Neller & Neller, 2015; Domato, 2002). The environment
in which we are living is significant and directly influence our lives. Environmental
of the causes of these problems is the lack of discipline of the people towards
disposing of solid waste and lack of knowledge about waste management. Some
people are throwing their garbage and their solid wastes anywhere. Solid wastes
substances ( Desa, Kadir, & Yusooff, 2011). People do not think the possible
activity, and the process is generally undertaken to reduce their effect on health
and the environment. Here in Sta. Cruz, Laguna specifically in Laguna Senior
High School (LSHS) the students are not practicing waste management. The
students keep on throwing their garbage in one trash bin, even they have a lot of
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trash bin in the school the students keep on throwing plastic, paper, liquid items
or even left over foods in a one trash can. In this situation maybe we can infer the
lack of discipline of the students of LSHS perhaps the lack of program of the
should take the responsibility of handling their waste properly. Orientation about
every individual in the school and to know the importance of waste management.
management.
Our study entitled “LSHS’ SSG Waste Management Program and their Mentality
Towards Proper Waste Management” aims to know the program of LSHS’ SSG
in waste management in the school and identifying the materials that they will
use in managing the waste. Furthermore, this study gives knowledge to the
students of LSHS on how waste management should be done and also helps the
Waste in general, is associated with almost every human activity, in other words
their lives circle in using and then disposing of these materials. Furthermore, the
particular Community or the people which are in these communities. Now in the
Management resulting to the consultation of the Mentality and the behavior of the
Moreover, The SSG of LSHS manages everything in the school, which implies
that they should be the ones to lead LSHS in the matters of Proper Waste
could be very devastating, because the result can become that of a plague. The
curiosity of that is the mentality or behavior of the students inside LSHS really
affects the way they manage their Waste is a mere fact. They affect it because
the outcome will ultimately depend on their behavior and mentality towards the
subject.
General Problem
school vicinity?
Specific Problem
1. What do the students of LSHS practices to handle this kind of situation and
2. What vital role does the SSG plays to raise awareness among the students of
LSHS?
3. What programs does the SSG implements to help the students improve their
Objectives
The aim of this study is to observe how LSHS' SSG manage to mitigate the
global crisis on waste in the school, to know their mentality towards waste
management, and to get the response of the students around the school. The
1. To identify if SSG does enough actions, and what strategic approach do they
programs.
3. To raise awareness about the waste issue and its consequences on human
The outcome of this research aims to help the students, community, readers and
The Students. Having this kind of study will help the students of LSHS to know
how waste management should be done and the importance of doing that in
order to minimize the waste of school. In addition, students will have an idea on
The Community. This study want to urge every household in the community to
The Readers. This research aims to help the readers to know what is/are the
program of LSHS' SSG in managing the waste of the school and identify the
materials that SSG used in waste management. It also helps the readers to know
The Future Researchers. This study will help the future researchers as their
guide and basis of their study and additional literature for their future inquiry.
This study will focus on how student proper segregate solid waste in the school
vicinity. This research also focuses on how the SSG officers of LSHS will
manage the proper waste disposal not only the student but also the teacher,
facilitators and utilities of the school. The activities or programs will encourage
the student of LSHS to be discipline in their waste disposal. They can have a
segregation. Having this research aims to help the environment by utilizing the
This research is limited only to this study, it can’t be used in any other research
Definition of Terms
Wastes.
Waste. Is any solid, liquid and gaseous wastes emitted by the people. It could
materials.
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Chapter II
This Chapter comprises the review of related literature and review of related
studies after the methodical and rigorous search done by the researchers, the
researchers also aims to shed light on the topic that underlies on the study. This
will present the syntheses of the art, theoretical and conceptual framework to
Related Literature
program, the waste generated from various human activities, both industrial and
domestic, can result in health hazards and have a negative impact on the
an area to have a clean and safe environment. The researchers have formulated
a way to accomplish the aim of Iyyanki Muralikrishna and Valli Manickam. Based
on their research, it is also said that various human activity can result a negative
impact that can also cause health hazards to the residents. Proper discipline and
about solid waste management is the lack of discipline of some people that
causes growing rate of garbage problems that also affects air pollution, water
and soil contamination, floods and excessive breeding of rodents and vermin.
Treatments and disposal methods depends on the type of problem that any
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community has. Residents or any responsible citizen of the community are able
their research, it is also said that various human activity can result a negative
impact that can also cause health hazards to the residents. Proper discipline and
about solid waste management is the lack of discipline of some people that
causes growing rate of garbage problems that also affects air pollution, water
and soil contamination, floods and excessive breeding of rodents and vermin.
mitigate the mounting global crisis on waste which endangers humanity, pollutes
environmental concerns.”
educational programs and activities are potent means to raise awareness among
issue and to take active roles in the protection and care of the environment.
ability to erode fast by composting without any toxic effect.” Solid waste
Creating less waste through reusing, re-homing for waste removal and refining
footprint example is using plastic bags from mall and using it again instead of
throwing it away, as well as plastic cups that can be use as pot of plants or
people could try and sell the reusable products. Another way is composting as
waste removal, where in waste can be put in compost pit, will decompose, and
eventually turn into fertilizer. Also, food waste can be fed to farm animals like
management that can turn biodegradable wastes into fertilizer that nourishes the
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they increase plant available nutrient contents from the wastes, while decreasing
leaching, and heavy metal mobility. It can also reduce the carbon footprint from
the human activities that produce greenhouse gases emissions during waste
degradation. Organic household waste containing food remnants (citrus fruit and
vegetable peels, fat, dairy products, etc.) can determine what can be composted
in home gardens (Neugebauer and Sołowiej, 2017). Compost pit can be done
in house, school and community that has a various ways, in a pit dug in the
ground and in a container and can be placed in the backyard and a vacant lot. It
can also be beneficial to everyone in the area. Compost is one of the important
organic amendments that can be use in home and community that attaining the
use in greenhouse gas (GHG) makes use of modeling programs that are
currently used for understanding soil carbon balances. This article reveals that
manufacture and some potential sequestration associated with end use (Brown,
2017). Compost pit can control the carbon footprint that an area can produce. It
can also limit the negative ways on disposing garbage that can pollute the
Related Studies
Improper waste disposal is one of the existing problems that the Philippines is
facing right now with difficulty as humans are the root of this problem. There are
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several studies conducted throughout the past years that deduced the
improper disposal of the waste to the community, environment, and the health of
the residents. All of these are introduced in this part of the research.
that affect not only the environment but also the health and life of the people.
This problem may be resolve or it will remain problem to the country in the next
few years”. A law in the Philippines approved by the Office on the President on
2001 was created in response to the rapidly growing rate of garbage problems in
the country caused by improper waste disposal. Unfortunately, even though there
is a law, improper waste disposal in the Philippines was ranked 3rd as top source
assortment, and monitoring of waste products. The waste products are mainly of
three types: solid, liquid or in gas state. Solid waste commonly is known as non-
waste management also emerge. It is also proven that human activities and lack
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of discipline are the main reason of improper waste disposal that makes the
One of the significant studies that can also be applied to this research is the
Nisar & Ali Naeem, 2010), which discussed and highlighted the main causes of
create serious negative environmental impacts like infectious diseases, land and
Furthermore, Marianne and Fred Sandford (2015) also claimed that improper
hazardous waste disposal doesn’t just contaminate soil and the local water
supply, but it can also pollute the air. An area with a reputation for a toxic
proper disposal procedures can even affect the cost of houses' properties. Long
term execution of improper waste disposal of municipal wastes can affect soil
and water properties and productivity. It also produces lethal gases such as
(Boehlke, 2017), also implied that humans are not the only ones who are
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affected but also animals. As water can be contaminated, marine life is also in
danger. When wastes cluster and form algal bloom, it can suffocate and
Paredes, & Pérez-Espinosa, 2017) can reduce the effects of improper waste
disposal and even prevent the pile up of wastes. Biodegradable wastes can be
used for agricultural purposes because of the high concentration that can be
found on organic matters and nutrients contents of the wastes like in food market
and urban gardening wastes that can be managed and recycled through
in urban areas like Metro Manila. Improper wastes disposal, inefficient wastes
collection and lack of disposal facilities are among the dominant concerns in the
country’s solid waste management. Unless these are addressed, the wastes
generated from various sources will continually lead to health hazards and
flooding, air pollution and spread of diseases. Republic Act No. 9003 otherwise
January 26, 2001, aims to address the growing problem on solid wastes in the
ensure protection of public health and the environment. It also provides for the
Syntheses
The collections of both foreign and local studies are about the effective and
proponents to build their knowledge on waste disposal. The good impact has
The collections of studies above are related in the area of the importance in
keeping our surroundings better. It will give us clean and safe environment
therefore it can lessen the negativity result in health hazard to the resident. They
can now have proper discipline and awareness in the growing rate of garbage
problems that also affects air pollution, water pollution, and soil contamination.
The related studies presented about the effects of improper waste disposal to
environment and to the health and life of the people. Tumala (2015) included in
her study that due to rapidly growing rate of garbage problems, a law was
approved on 2001 in response to this issue. On the other hand, this law has no
waste management were explained together with how human activities and lack
Besides, improper hazardous waste disposal doesn't just affect soil and water. It
can also pollute the air. Long term execution of wastes can cause damage to the
disposal, humanity is not the just the only one suffering, animals can also be in
danger. Water contamination could be alarming to marine life and cause several
However, biodegradable wastes can be used for agricultural purposes and can
be managed and recycled through composting and convert into fertilizer. This
waste disposal is still a major problem in the Philippines. This should be the
Consequently, “Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 ", was implied
on January 26, 2001, which aims to address the growing problem on solid
Conceptual Framework
Fig. 1
entitled: “LSHS’ SSG Waste Management Program and their Mentality towards
mentality and behavior of the students as well as the practices or programs that
SSG has. These variables are important to perform waste management in LSHS.
variable, it depends to the variables that the researchers discuss later on. To be
able to execute waste management in LSHS the researchers should consider the
mentality and behavior of the students (the students has knowledge about waste
information in the office to gather programs and plans to mitigate the improper
Chapter III
Research Methodology
In the previous chapter, having the related literature and studies made a definite
are relevant to the study of proper waste management. This part of the research
presents the methods that the researchers used in their study. It includes the
this study was to determine the Mentality of the SSG official towards proper
Research Design
This design is appropriate choice when the study or research aims to identify the
indentifying the materials that SSG used in managing the waste and the
waste management. Descriptive method was used since the study focused on
Sample
The Sample of the population of this Study stood at 3 total respondents, which
are 3 of the Supreme Student Government (SSG) officers of Laguna Senior High
Sampling Techniques
A Judgment (purposive) sampling was used for selecting the respondents in this
study. This technique was implemented to get respondents which were judged by
the Researchers to give their opinions which will suit or satisfy their needs.
Judgment Sampling was done to Select 3 SSG Officers from Laguna Senior High
School. The basis of selecting these respondents is that they have more
Research Local
The study will be conducted in LSHS (formerly known as Santa Cruz Capitol
4009 Santa Cruz, Laguna. At present, LSHS is the only PUBLIC Senior High
School in Santa Cruz that offers Academic Track: Science and Technology,
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and Management (ABM) Strand and Humanities and Social Science (HUMSS).
This area or population was chosen to have a better and more accurate grasp of
the information, and because it's easy to cover the topic with observation on the
chosen population.
Population
Before the sample was collected, the researchers had to determine the
Instrumentation
instrument for this study. The primary interviewees are the SSG Officers of
Laguna Senior High School. The provided questions were the information that
tackles the waste management. Questions were asked during the interview
schedule.
person in waste disposal. The content of the questionnaire was based on the
findings that researchers gathered. Everyone was need to interview but the
Procedure
Stage I- deals with selection of respondents in this study. Three respondents that
will be chosen based on their own existing knowledge are supposed to answer
and give opinions to satisfy the data needed for the research.
Stage II- distributes with the construction of the questionnaires and the validation
of the contents. The adviser of the class will be requested to validate the
Stage III- assigns with the actual conduct of the study using judgment sampling.
the three officers of the Supreme Student's Government will be gathered through
an interview.
Stage V- deals with the organizing, evaluating and interpreting of the data
Validation
The Class Adviser will validate the questionnaire constructed by the researchers.
questionnaire for the next validation. The three selected respondents will be
asked to answer the validated questions and their responses will be tested and
analyzed.