UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology
Department of Civil Engineering
PROPOSED DESIGN OF THE WASTE COLLECTION AND ROUTING OF THE BATAAN ECONOMIC ZONE (BEZ) INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ISWM)
JOCEL MARIANO MILAGROSA
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
OCTOBER 2009
PROPOSED DESIGN OF THE WASTE COLLECTION AND ROUTING OF THE BATAAN ECONOMIC ZONE (BEZ) INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ISWM)
JOCEL MARIANO MILAGROSA 2002-48093
SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND AGRO-INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
OCTOBER 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page i
Acceptance Sheet ii
About the Author iii
Acknowledgment iv
Table of Contents vi
List of Tables viii
List of Figures ix
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background of the Study 1
1.2. Significance of the Study 3
1.3. Objectives of the study 3
1.4. Scope and Limitations of the Study 4
1.5. Date and Place of the Study 4
2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1. Definition of Solid Waste 5
2.2. Solid Waste Management 5
2.3. Functional Elements of Solid Waste Management System 6 2.4. Solid Waste Generation in the Philippines 8
2.5. Solid Waste Composition 9
2.6. Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 9
2.7. Solid Waste Management Hierarchy 10
2.8. Sanitary Landfill vs. Open Dumpsite 12
2.9. Site Selection of a Sanitary Landfill 13
2.10. Waste Collection 14
2.10.1. Collection Methods 15
2.10.2. Evaluation and Optimization of Collection 15
2.10.3. Frequency of Collection 16
2.10.4. Collection Truck and Crew 17
2.10.5. Truck Routing 19
3. STUDY METHODOLOGY
3.1. Data Acquisition 20
3.2. Preparatory Works 20
3.3. Environmental Assessment 20
3.4. Development of the ISWM Plan 20
3.4.1. Socio-Economic Survey 21
3.4.2. Waste Amount Characterization Survey (WACS) 21
3.4.3. Time and Motion Survey 21
3.5. Method of Analysis 22
4. OBSERVATIONS
4.1. Pre-Scoping Activity 23
4.2. Existing Open Dumpsite 23
4.3. Socio-economic Survey Preparations 25
4.4. Actual Socio-economic Survey 27
4.5. Incoming Waste Survey 27
4.6. Time and Motion Survey 29
4.6.1. Equipments 30
4.6.2. Global Positioning System Equipment 33
4.6.3. Crews 33
4.6.4. Collection trips 35
4.7. Waste Amount and Characterization Survey (WACS) 36
4.8. Proposed Sanitary Landfill 40
5. DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 41
6. CONCLUSIONS 52
7. RECOMMENDATIONS 53
REFERENCES 54
APPENDICES
Appendix A. Maps 56
Appendix A1. Map of Barangay Malaya 57
Appendix A2. Map of Barangay Maligaya 58
Appendix B. Socio-economic Survey Questionnaire 59
Appendix C. Time and Motion Survey Sheets 70
Appendix D. List of Industries 79
Appendix E. Sample Computations for the Waste Collection Route in Barangay Maligaya and Barangay Malaya 81 Appendix E1. Computations for Barangay Malaya 82 Appendix E2. Computation for Barangay Maligaya 85
Appendix F. Socio-economic Survey Result 87
Appendix G. Waste Amount Characterization Survey 91
Appendix H. Elevations and Slopes 93
Appendix H1. Nodes of the 1st collection route in Barangay Malaya 94 Appendix H2. Elevation and Slopes of the 1st collection route in
Barangay Malaya 95
Appendix H3. Nodes, elevations and slopes of the 2nd collection
route in Barangay Malaya 96
Appendix H4. Nodes , elevations and slopes of the 1st collection
route in Barangay Maligaya 97
LIST OF TABLES
Table No. Title Page No.
2-1 Distribution of Waste Generated per Region 8 2-2 Projected Estimates of Waste Generation per Region
for 2000-2010 9
2-3 Comparison between an Open Dumpsite
and a Sanitary Landfill 13
2-4 Advantages and Disadvantages of Different
Frequencies of Collection 17
2-5 Factors to be considered in selecting Solid
Waste Equipment 18
4-1 Categories and Subcategories of the Wastes 35 5-1 Approximate Time Spent per Collection Activity
in Barangay Maligaya 48
5-2 Approximate Time Spent per Collection Activity
In Barangay Malaya 50
5-3 Number of Collection per Day 51
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure No. Title Page No.
1-1 Existing open dumpsite 2
1-2 The actual site for the proposed sanitary landfill 2 1-3 Location Map of the proposed BEZ sanitary landfill 4
2-1 Solid waste management system 6
2-2 Interrelated functional elements of solid waste management 7
2-3 Solid waste management hierarchy 11
2-4 A closed sanitary landfill 12
2-5 An open dumpsite 12
4-1 Location map of the existing dumpsite at Sitio Baclain 23 4-2 Actual burning on the existing dumpsite 24 4-3 Scavengers collecting recyclable materials 24
4-4(a) Actual Incoming Waste Survey 27
4-4(b) Actual Incoming Waste Survey 27
4-5 Storage areas 27
4-6 Separate Storage Areas 28
4-7 The collection dump truck for Brgy. Malaya and Brgy. Maligaya 30 4-8 The actual mechanical loading of wastes 30 4-9 The actual mechanical unloading of wastes 31 4-10 The truck which was loaded and unloaded manually 31
4-11 GPS gadget 32
4.12 Crews at work without proper protective gears 33
4-13 “Kalakal” for additional income 33
4-14 Total waste composition per subcategory for industries in grams 36 4-15 Summary of total waste composition per category fir industries 37
4-16 Percentage composition per category of waste for industries 37 4-17 Waste composition in Barangay Malaya and Barangay Maligaya 38 4-18 Summary of the total waste composition for industries,
Brgy. Malaya and Brgy. Maligaya 39
4-19 Water body below the proposed project site 40 4-20 The road leading to the elevated proposed project site 40 5-1 Observed collection route for Barangay Malaya 42 5-2 The proposed collection trip for Barangay Malaya 43 5-3 Observed collection route for Barangay Maligaya 45 5-4 The proposed collection route for Barangay Maligaya 46
