RA 9003 Solid waste management

3 years

"Representatives from the NGOs, recycling and manufacturing or packaging industries shall be nominated through a process designed by themselves and shall be appointed by the President for how many years"

once a month

The National Solid Waste Management shall meet at least

Director of EMB

Who will be headed the National Ecology center?

EMB Regional Director

Who will be headed the Regional Ecology Center

Ecology Center

"shall provide technical expertise, information, training and networking services for the implementation of the provisions of the Act."

Chairman of the Palawan Council for Sustainable development

Who will be the chairman of SWM Board for the Province of Palawan

Chairperson of MMDA

Chairman of SWM Board in Metro Manila

Republic Act No. 7611

Palawan Council for Sustainable Development Act

5 yrs

The National Solid Wast Management Framework will be updated every ____ and integrated in Medium Term Development Plan

5 yrs; 25 %

"Each LGUSWM plans shall include an implementable schedule which shows that within _ years after the effectivity of the Act, the LGU shall divert at least ___% of all solid waste from waste disposal facilities through re-use, recycling and composting activities and other resource recovery activities."

3 yrs

"Subsequently the waste diversion goals shall be increased every _ years thereafter"

"Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority of the Department of Agriculture."

"Organic fertilizers derived from compost and intended to be distributed commercially shall conform with the standards for organic fertilizers set by"

The Department of Trade and Industry - Bureau of Product Standards (DTI-BPS)

"shall formulate and implement a coding system for packaging materials and products to facilitate waste recycling and re-use."

iso 14024

"The coding system shall initially be based on ISO ___ series standards, particularly, ISO standard ____, ""Environmental Labeling -Practitioner Programs - Guiding Principles, Practices and Certification Procedures of Multiple Criteria (type 1) Programs', with criteria to be determined on the basis of life cycle assessment of the product group."

0.6 m and 10 years

"Provision of at least ___ m final soil cover at closure, and post-closure maintenance of cover, drainage and vegetation; Post-closure maintenance shall be for a period of ____ years for controlled dump site"

2 km

Sanitary landfill should be located within ____ away from airport runway

1 km

Sanitary landfill should be located __ km from any public water supply intakes

75 m

Sanitary landfill should not be construction ____ away from Holocene fault or any known active fault

0.75m thick, 1x10-6 cm/sec or less permeability

Landfill shall be provided with: clay base liner

1.5 mm thick, 1x10-14 cm/sec or less permeability

geomembrane

6.4 mm, 1x10-9 cm/sec or less

geosynthetic clay liner (gcl)

the thickness of clay liner may be reduced to 0.6 m

composite liner (clay under geosynthetic

0.6m

An allowable leachate level of ___m over the liner system shall be maintained

50m

the sanitary landfill shall be ___ m away from any perennial streams, lake or river

1,500,000

The funding request for NSWM Project or activity should not exceed Php _

January 26, 2001

Approval of RA 9003

February 16, 2001

Effectivity of RA 9003

August 31, 2001

Submission of the IRR Pre-final draft

December 04, 2001

Finalization of the 10th version

December 21, 2001

Signing of IRR of RA 9003

February 16, 2004

All open dumpsites should have been closed or converted to Controlled disposal facilities

February 16, 2006

All Controlled Disposal Facilities shall be deemed closed and phase-out

DAO 2001-34

Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 9003

black

color of container for:Non-infectious dry waste

green

color of container for:non-infectious wet waste

yellow

color of container for:infectious and pathological waste

yellow with black band

color of container for:Chemical waste including heavy metals

orange

color of container for:radioactive waste

red

color of container for:sharps and pressurized containers

Segragated collection

Backbone of any effective ESWM Program

January 26, 2001

Approval of RA 9003

February 16, 2001

Effectivity of RA9003

February 16, 2004

All open dumpsite should have been closed or converted to controlled disposal facilities

February 16, 2006

All controlled disposal facilities shall be deemed closed and phase-out

December 21, 2001

Signing of IRR of RA 9003

Proclamation 2149

This proclamation defines the scope and coverage of EIS system . It mainly provides that infrastructure and solid waste disposal projects are considered environmentally critical project

5 days or more imprisonment and Php 100 to Php 2000 fine

Penalty for throwing garbage in public places

National Solid waste management commission

tasked to oversee the implementation of solid waste management plans and prescribe policies

14 government sectors, 3 non government sectors

members of NSWMC

Barangay level

Shall conduct segregation and collection of solid waste for biodegradble, compostable and reusable wastes

Municipal level

shall be responsible for the collection of non-recyclable materials and special wastes

Provincial SWM Board

consolidate plans and programs, establishing activities complementing efforts at local and barangay level

field capacity

is the total amount of moisture that can be retained in a waste subject to the downward pull of gravity

Leachate

water in excess of the field capacity will be released as ____

Hydraulic conductivity

an important physical property governs the movement of liquids and gases in a landfill

fusing point of ash

defined as the temperature to which the ash resulting from the burning of waste will form a solid (clinker) by fusion and agglomeration

Hemicellulose

a condensation product of 5 and 6-carbon sugar

Cellulose

a condensation of 6-carbon sugar glucose

Fats, oil and waxes

which are esters of alcohols and long chain fatty acids

Lignin

a polymetric material containing aromatic rings with methyoxyl groups, the exact nature of which is still not nown

Lignocellulose

Combination of lignin and cellulose

Gary Anderson

he is well known as the designer of the recycling logo

Pyrolysis

it is a destructive distillation or combustion in the absence of oxygen

Char

is the solid material that remains after light gases and tar have been driven out or released from a carbonaceous material during the initial stage of combustion, which is known as carbonization, charring and devolatilization or pyrolysis

Tar

is a substance obtained from a variety of organic materials through destructive distillation It is a black, and a mixture of hydrocarbon and free carbon

biochar

name for charcoal when it is used for particular purposes, such as soil amendments

Terra preta

is a type of very dark fertile anthropogenic soil found in amazon basin

Syngas (synthesis gas)

is the name given to a gas mixture that contains varying amounts of CO and Hydrogen

Composting

is the decomposition of plant remains and other once-living materials to make an earthy, crumbly substance that is excellent for adding to houseplants or enriching garden soil

Area method (progressive slope or ramp method)

Involve construction of successive cells of waste that are compacted against a slope

Trench method

solid wastes are spread and compacted in an excavation