Title: The Benefits of Recycling

Materials among the residents of

Caloocan City
 Introduction:
• Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new
materials and objects.
• Recycling can prevent the waste of potentially useful materials and
reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, thereby reducing:
energy usage, air pollution (from incineration), and water pollution
(from landfilling).
• Recycling is a key component of modern waste reduction and is the
third component of the “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle”
• Reducing is cutting back on the amount of trash we make, reusing is
finding a new way to use trash so that we don't have to throw it out,
and recycling is using trash to remake new goods that can be sold again.
• Recycling of a material would produce a fresh supply of the same material for
example, used office paper would be converted into new office paper or
used polystyrene foam into new polystyrene.
• Include many kinds of glass, paper, cardboard, metal, plastic, tires, textiles,
batteries, and electronics. The composting or other reuse of biodegradable
waste such as food or garden waste is also a form of recycling.
 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY:
• The Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (RA 9003), which was
promulgated in January 2001 in the Philippines, officially declares to
minimize solid waste all through its process, starting from generation
followed by collection and treatment and ended with final disposal at
landfills.
• “The Local Government Solid Waste Management Plan”, which is provided in
RA9003 to be formulated by each LGU, must include the implementation plan
of the concrete measures to achieve the minimum target of diverting 25
percent of solid waste disposal amount within 5 years after the enforcement of
the Act through reuse, recycling, composting and so forth.
• RA9003 provides extensive measures of waste minimization including
waste reduction at sources, reuse, recycling, and composting
• Domestic trade market of recyclable materials also fluctuates with the
trend of international supply and demand of such materials, so that
the domestic circulation of recyclable materials is not yet firmly
established in the Philippines.
• DTI made an official request for providing technical assistance to the
Government of Japan (GOJ) in 2002, who has enough experience in
creating the partnership among the government, business, and
general public to establish the material cycle society as well as
currently promotes 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) Initiative in the
international society.