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T r a s h e d
THE LINEAR SOCIETY
Resources
Production
Consumption
WASTE
Waste Disposal Industry
Waste Regulation Industry
Where shall we put it?
Is it safe?
IF YOU ASK THE WRONG QUESTIONS, YOU WILL GET THE WRONG ANSWERS.
THE WRONG QUESTION:
THE RIGHT QUESTION:
Where should we put our waste?
How should we stop making waste?
The most important thing is to get rid of
THE DISPOSAL MENTALITY
DISCARDS ARE NOT WASTE
• Discards are not waste until they are wasted.
• Waste is the visible face of inefficiency.
• Waste is “matter in the wrong place”.
• Waste is made by mixing all our discards together.
• Waste is a human invention- nature makes no waste.
• Waste is a verb not a noun.
Ash Landfill
MIX
INCINERATE
S E P A R A T E
Reuse Recycle Compost Toxic Removal
DISCARDED MATERIALS
Screening Facility
Residue
Landfill
BETTER INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
P.I.P Fraction
MIX
Raw Waste Landfill
segregation at source
+
segregated transportation
+
storage, transfer,
+
processing, treatment,
+
disposal of solid waste and
+all other waste management
activities which do not harm the environment.
Ecological solid waste management =
the metropolis would be able to recycle and
compost at least 30% of its projected waste in
2005
and 60% of the region’s waste by 2010
Wasting and Recycling in Metro ManilaILSR for Greenpeace Southeast Asia
Just because you don’t see it…
… doesn’t mean it’s not there.
The Metro Manila Dumpsites
PIER 18, Vitas, Manila
PIER 18, Vitas, Manila
PIER 18, Vitas, Manila
PIER 18, Vitas, Manila
Brgy. Lingunan, Valenzuela
Brgy. Lingunan, Valenzuela
Brgy. Lingunan, Valenzuela
Dona Petra, Marikina City
Dona Petra, Marikina City
Dona Petra, Marikina City
Dona Petra, Marikina City
Rodriguez, Montalban
Rodriguez,
Montalban
Rodriguez, Montalban
Brgy. Caingin, Meycauayan Bulacan
Brgy. Caingin, Meycauayan
Bulacan
Brgy. Caingin, Meycauayan Bulacan
Manila
Marikina Marikina
Valenzuela
Let’s leave our children a living planet.
Segregate and Compost.Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
Polite people get
ORGANIZED
POISONEDAngry people get