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Waste management in the Philippines has been an issue for over the past twenty years now.

Most Cities are facing land depletion problems due to abounding number of landfills. Waste management problem arise due to improper waste management programs implemented that fall under the same category: band aid solution. Waste Management is the proper transfer, collection and management of waste. Examples of which are recycling, incineration, gasification, landfills and dumps. There are cities in the Philippines that are applauded because of their solid waste management systems executed. Sindalan, San Fernando Pampanga is one of the few municipalities in the Philippines that established their own recycling facility. It is something to applaud for it will be of help to environmental conservation and aesthetics of the mentioned place. Say the opposite of Sindalan in San Fernando, Pampanga is the City of Pines, Baguio City. The used to be cleanes and greenest city in the Philippines now stinks because of their unwanted garbage problem. The city of pines is experiencing this major destitution because of landfill deprivation. They are even experiencing fund draining due to the transport or garbage of every municipality. Hauling of their waste to other cities have caused them subsidize financial support. The government of the Philippines has been keeping an open eye about the country's waste management problem. The nation's supervision towards the end of this mounting dilemma is to build biosphere facility sites to every municipality nationwide, facilities which diminish waste to generate green energy. This is a project of TGEG SBSC, a joint venture to every local government officials in achieving a zero waste society. Improper Waste Management in the Philippines is never ending unless the initiative of every individual will be awakened. It is just a matter of care plus a kick of inventiveness in order to resolve this infinite quandary.

Month: January 2012 The Most Polluted Cities in the Philippines


January 13, 2012 - by D. Perez

Pollution is everywhere. It is one of the worlds biggest environmental battles that destroys wildlife and causes health problems to millions of people. It takes different forms of energy like heat, noise and light. Everything can be polluted like air, water and even the population itself. China, Russia, India and Peru are among the countries that are considered to be the worst polluted countries in the world.

What do you think is the Most Polluted City in the Philippines?

In the Philippines, pollution is considered in different cities but with different kinds.
Like Quezon City in Metro Manila, it is polluted because of the growth of population in the area. Business and commercial establishment can be found in this city which makes it attractive for people to live in this place to make a living. But the effect is that it is over populated which resulted to population in the area that can give health risk to the residents. It has numerous subdivision and has the highest concentration of urban poor residents which can be a cause of the over population of the city. Since if there are a many people residing in the area, competition in terms of career is also high which makes average people becomes poor compared to highlycompetitive individuals.

Baguio City is considered to be the most polluted city in the Philippines due to air pollution.

It is considered a summer tourist spot in the country due to its cool weather. The result is air pollution due to the vehicle emission that private and public transportation produce which the tourist used to visit the place. Smog, the result of smoke and fog, is what makes the air polluted in the Baguio City since it produces fog because of the cool weather and the smoke coming from the transportation. Marilao and Meycauyan Bulacan is considered polluted because of the river system in this area. There is a dumping site situated in this city for lead smelters, metal refiners and area tanneries. The chemical contaminant that the waste material produces causes pollution in the river. The commercial fishing industry in the city is greatly affected because of the pollution and it causes health problems to the residents. Pollution can be a natural cause or man-made. As humans, we can be responsible with our acts and thus, we can prevent producing pollution in the environment. If everyone will cooperate to stop or eliminate pollution in our planet, we can have a chance to live in a clean and pollutionfree environment. Tags: acid rain, air pollution, articles on pollution, car pollution, effects of pollution, global warming, land pollution, ocean pollution, polluted cities, pollution definition, pollution for kids, pollution pictures, pollution prevention, types of pollution, water pollution, what causes pollution In: Environment | No comments

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