Expansion on Waste Management in Tapuac District, Dagupan City

This study is delimited among 50 residents in Tapuac District, Dagupan City consisting of the residents, barangay officials who are responsible in implementing the R.A. 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste Management ) will be assigned as the respondents of the study. Likewise it was validated by soliciting some additional information’s thru the patients honest responses as a result of the distribution of questionnaire to be conducted the study which significance covered the period from August 2006.

Based from the survey, the ages of the respondents were group into four 20-25 with 20 respondents, ages 26-30 has 18 respondents and 31-35 with 12 respondents, under age 36-40 there were 10 respondents.There were 13 single, 29 married, 2 separated and 6 widow respondents. Majority of the respondents were married with 29 respondents. The profile of the respondents according to educational attainment. Out of 50 respondents, majority or 38% of the respondents were high school graduates; 26% were college graduate, 24% were elementary graduate and 12% of them graduated with vocational degree.The overall average weighted mean of the waste practices and monitoring performed by the respondents were always (2.16)The waste management practices utilized by the respondents were round the clock operations along business area (2.18), segregating and recycling of waste materials (2.12), and Improvement of waste management planning (2.42).They seldom perform intensified information and education program regarding waste minimization among employee.

Based from the findings, the researchers conclude that waste management plan within their working environment would also be of great help in the community in minimizing waste that brings communicable diseases spread by different viruses and other factors. They were also conducting the zero wastes management program by adopting the three and four receptacle techniques.

Therefore, the researchers recommend that a unified system of cooperation between the city government and the business establishment down to the residents must work together a plan of action to promote the safest, modern and smoke free incinerators which could be used to dispose health hazards waste materials and strict Laws on proper segregation should be instituted for all institutions in cities and provinces.