Republic of the Philippines

CITY OF MALABON
Metropolitan Manila

4. WASTE ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZATION STUDY

The Waste Analysis and Characterization Study (WACS) for the City of Malabon was conducted
last May 2014. It is a collaboration of the City Government through the City Environment and
Natural Resources Office and Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA). The objective of
this study is primarily to determine the total amount and composition of waste generated by
the LGU daily. As a result, the City Government may use the generated result to formulate
strategies, programs, projects and activities that would address the issues and concerns of the
locality in terms of solid waste management.

The WACS has three (3) stages: Pre-WACS activities, three (3) day waste characterization study
and data consolidation & analysis.
 The Pre-WACS activities includes creation of technical working group; identification of
the sources of waste & its proper groupings; sample plan preparation; and identification
and preparation of WACS materials and manpower requirements.
 The conduct of 3-day WACS includes orientation of recorders and sorters on the proper
weighing, recording and classification; 3 consecutive day collection of wastes from
establishments/ institutions/ households; delivery to sorting area; weighing of all
collected waste from sample households by barangay and other sources (get net weight
of the mixed / segregated waste and record 3-day WACS form; sorting of wastes into
biodegradables, recyclables, residual and special wastes; place segregated wastes in
containers and weigh (record weight and volume); before disposal, mixed thoroughly all
characterized wastes by source or randomly collect 1 or half cu.m. sample of the
characterized wastes by source then weigh and record volume then characterized again
by type to have baseline data if measurement is to be done by volume; and proper
disposal of all materials used in the characterization
 The data consolidation and analysis includes ensuring quality of data; data entry in
Microsoft Office Excel; and data analysis.

For Malabon data used in the WACS are as follows:

- NSO 2010 Population of Malabon : 353,337
- Projected Population 2014 : 359,311
- No. of Household (using 2014 Projected Population ) : 88,666

The number of household/ residential samples have been derived through the use of Slovin’s
Formula for the sample size computation while the number of non-household / non-residential
samples represents at least 10% of each category/sub-category. There were a total of one
hundred twenty eight (128) cooperators in the conduct of WACS in Malabon. Table 24 shows
the summary of the households/establishments who participated in the conduct of WACS.

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Table 24: Summary of WACS Cooperators

CLASSIFICATION DESCRIPTION NUMBER
Household: Barangay High 9
Middle 25
Low 25
Household: Subdivision High 10
Middle 10
Low 10
Non-Household: Commercial Restaurants 12
Other Shops 15
Institutional Public & Private 9
Industry n/a 3
TOTAL 128
Source: Wood Fields Consultancy Incorporated, August 2014
In the result of WACS conducted in the City of Malabon, large percentage of wastes from
households/ residential and commercial establishments are kitchen wastes while plastics in
institutional and industrial establishments (table 25).

Table 25: Summary of Waste Generation by Source & by Composition, City of Malabon
Residential Commercial
Category Institutional % Industrial %
High % Middle % Low % Other Shops % Restaurants %
Paper 6.95 10.55 10.45 5.50 5.10 19.40 23.10
Glass 2.35 3.30 1.55 4.30 6.00 2.40 1.00
Metal 1.75 2.85 2.55 3.10 2.40 2.20 1.20
Plastic 11.80 18.40 16.60 21.00 14.00 21.50 44.70
Kitchen Waste 40.70 36.45 40.75 31.90 63.20 19.70 7.70
Other Organic 5.90 0.20 0.30 13.40 0.00 0.30 0.00
Other Inorganic 0.25 1.10 1.55 0.20 0.50 8.70 0.30
Hazardous 0.45 0.20 0.00 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00
Special 11.67 8.56 15.28 3.54 4.51 2.98 5.04
Yard Waste/Wood 15.06 7.77 2.26 8.02 1.71 12.83 0.00
Textiles 3.75 2.14 1.58 4.07 1.00 1.54 4.76
Rubber/Leather 1.01 2.12 0.88 2.61 1.40 1.61 0.39
Fiber Glass 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Others 1.76 6.60 6.32 1.94 0.12 6.83 8.79
Source: Wood Fields Consultancy Incorporated, August 2014

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In general, the wastes composition in the locality based in Table 26, is consists of largely
biodegradable recording 41.94%, compared to recyclables, residuals with potential for
recycling, for disposal, and special wastes with 22.10%, 22.51%, 6.21% and 7.25, respectively.
(figure 8)

Figure 8: Summary of Waste Composition,City of Malabon

Source: Table 26, page 50

Biodegradable = 41.94%
Recyclable = 22.10%
Residuals with Potential = 22.50%
For Disposal = 6.21%
Special = 7.25%
TOTAL 100.00%

Below are the outcome of the WACS conducted based on Table 26, on page 50.
 Ave. Vol. of Daily Waste Gen. = _2,353.3033 cu.m/day
 Gen. per Capita per Day = _0.8328 kg/person/day
 Ave. Weight of Daily Waste = _299.2225 tons/day
 Bulk Density of Waste = _127.15 kg/cu.m

Table 26 below, shows the summary showing the quantity and composition of waste disposed
from both residential and non-residential sources. The maximum potential for waste diversion
of the city is 86.53 % and the per capita generation is 0.8328. Total waste disposed by the LGU
amounts to 299,222.51 kgs per day .

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TABLE 26. Summary Showing the Quantity and Composition of Waste Disposed from both Residential and Non-
Residential Sources, City of Malabon, CY 2014.
Total Waste Generation
Waste Composition (kgs/day)
(kgs/day)
Major Sources
Residuals with Potential Outirght Total Residual
Kgs./day Percentage Biodegradable Recyclable Special
for Diversion Disposal Waste
Residential
· Urban Brgys 169,735 56.73% 73,414 39,416 32,749 9,152 41,902 15,003
· Subdivision 60,076 20.08% 37,718 7,311 7,700 3,867 11,566 3,480
Sub-total 229,811 76.80% 111,132 46,728 40,449 13,019 53,468 18,483
% Residential
Commercial
· Food 1,610 0.54% 1,055.265 244.823 226.151 10.141 236.292 73.238
Establishments
· General Stores 15,169 5.07% 5,521.468 2,973.098 5,627.650 348.884 5,976.534 697.768
· Public Market 261 0.09% 215.227 26.499 15.873 2.297 18.171 1.175

Sub-total 17,039.56 5.69% 6,791.959 3,244.419 5,869.674 361.322 6,230.996 772.180

% Commercial
Institutions
· School 1,928.71 0.64% 1,067.154 819.701 0.000 41.853 41.853 0.000

· Offices 5,301.76 1.77% 1,689.140 1,626.580 1,025.360 804.807 1,830.167 155.872

Sub-total 7,230.47 2.42% 2,756.295 2,446.281 1,025.360 846.660 1,872.020 155.872

%Institutions
Industrial Sources
· Manufacturing 45,141 15.09% 4,807.541 13,695.850 20,006.595 4,356.129 24,362.724 2,275.118
Sub-total 45,141.23 15.09% 4,807.541 13,695.850 20,006.595 4,356.129 24,362.724 2,275.118
% Industrial Source
TOTAL 299,222.51 125,488.14 66,114.13 67,350.84 18,583.06 85,933.90 21,686.34
% of Total (WACS) 100.00% 41.94% 22.10% 22.51% 6.21% 28.72% 7.25%
Maximum Potential for Waste Diversion: 86.53% 13.46%
*PCG- Per Capita Generation LLGU 0.833
Per Capita Gen, Residential Level (Kpd): 0.640

4.1 ) DISPOSED
Quantity of waste disposed by sector shows that waste from residential sector is the highest
with 76.86% of wastes generated as shown in table 27.

Table 27. Quantity of Waste Generation Per Sector based on WACS

SECTOR Kgs./ day Kgs./ year Tons/ year %

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Residential 229,811.26 83,881,108.43 83,881.11 76.80%

Commercial 17,039.56 6,219,437.62 6,219.44 5.69%
Institutional 7,230.47 2,639,120.62 2,639.12 2.42%
Industrial 45,141.23 16,476,550.17 16,476.55 15.09%
Total 299,222.51 109,216,216.84 109,216.22 100%
Source: City Environmental and Natural Resources Office, December 2014

4.2 ) DIVERTED WASTE

Segregation, Recovery, and selling of recyclables directly to Junkshops is a common practice in
Malabon as a source of waste diversion of the City. All 21 brgys and 42 HOAs have existing MOA
re the Material Recovery System (MRS) of the City. This junkshops continuously provides
barangays and HOAs with list of recyclables sold within their respective jurisdictions.

The “ May Kita sa Basura(MKB)” program which was launched last June 21, 2014 is continuously
being done every 3rd Saturday of the month to encourage residents to segregate, and sell their
recyclable materials and other materials that are not commonly bought by junkshops and was
not respresented at the time of WACS. Thru this MKB some special waste like old tires are also
recovered thru this program. This is also a strategy to increase waste diversion.

Table 28: Waste Diverted out of Chapter 3.3 and 3.6 in Malabon, 2014

SOURCES Biodegradable Recyclables

Junkshops (MRS 21 Brgys) 6,442.67 32,009.246
Early Childhood Care & Development (ECCD) centers 5.16 4.968
May Kita sa Basura (MKSB) - 28.99
HOAs (42)(MRS) 128.67 3590.97
Portrero 428.99 109.59189
Pamahalaan at Eskwela Para sa Kalikasan 101.57 97.834225
MEF Parnership
Tinajeros 5,732.37 2051.9379
Concepcion 3,172.11 1156.2796
Maysilo 3,011.30 1567.9758
TOTAL 31,040.17 45,491.821
Source: City Environmental and Natural Resources Office, December 2014

Summarized above, Table 28, is the total waste diversion of the City of Malabon for CY 2014.

4.3 ) GENERATED WASTE

Based on WACS as shown in Table 26, a waste amount of 299,222.51 kgs is the daily
waste generation of the City of Malabon from both residential and non-residential sources. And

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in the next ten years it is projected to increase by 4.31% or a quantity of 312,031 kg/day, Table
29.

Table 29. Waste Projection Target (in kgs.)

Waste Gen/ Projected Daily Waste
Year Capita/day Population Gen based
based on on
WACS Population
(kg/d) (kg/d)
2015 0.8328 360,820 300,480
2016 0.8328 362,335 301,742
2017 0.8328 363,857 303,009
2018 0.8328 365,385 304,282
2019 0.8328 366,920 305,560
2020 0.8328 368,461 306,843
2021 0.8328 370,008 308,132
2022 0.8328 371,562 309,426
2023 0.8328 373,123 310,726
2024 0.8328 374,690 312,031

Source: WACS 2014

5: LEGAL / INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

5.1) LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS

5.1.1 RELATED LAWS AND REGULATIONS

In support to the environmental programs of the locality, several resolutions, ordinances and
executive orders are approved. These resolutions, ordinances and executive orders shall further
strengthen the City Governments drive on environmental protection. Table 30 shows the list of
existing resolutions, ordinances and laws in the City of Malabon in the last five years.

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