00000nam a22000004a 4500 UP-1685675941131695880 Buklod 20240206105405.0 a gr |||| 0| ta 240129s2003 ph a gr |||| 0|eng d DMC rda eng LG 993.5 2003 M3 G85 Guidaben, Agatha Nell V. author Waste Line a newsletter campaign on ecological waste management Agatha Nell V. Guidaben. Quezon City, Philippines 2003 College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines 66 leaves illustrations 28 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Thesis (Undergraduate) B.A. Journalism UP College of Mass Communication 2003 The country was literally down in the dumps in the year 2000. The Filipino-made ILOVEYOU computer virus had just wrought worldwide havoc, and the impeachment trial of then President Joseph Estrada had everyone glued to the television court proceedings. It was in between these international embarrassments that the garbage mountains in Payatas collapsed. In July 2000, public attention was riveted from turn-of-the century jitters to the ghastly, stomach-curdling video footage of rescuers exhuming scavengers' bodies from the sludge. The tragedy prompted lawmakers into drafting a bill that would solve the garbage crisis through environmentally sound means. Concerned private groups (such as the Recycling Movement of the Philippines, Linis-Ganda, Earth Day Network, Mother Earth Unlimited, Greenpeace, and Miriam-PEACE) banded together and formed the Eco-Waste Management Coalition, which helped refine the tenets of the proposed bill. Later approved and popularized as the Ecological Waste Management Act (RA 9003), the law mandates waste segregation, recycling, and composting as the modes of waste management to be implemented by local government units in their respective districts. Just last year [2002], Earth Day Network published a compilation of 100 ecological waste management models. The success stories included private individuals, community leaders, barangays, businesses, and prominent personalities who have complied with RA 9003 and have taken waste segregation, recycling, and composting by heart. Campaigns promoting the said modes of waste management sprouted everywhere. With images of the Payatas tragedy still fresh in memory and uncollected trash piling up in the backyards, it was easy to motivate and win people over to the practice of ecological waste management. Refuse and refuse disposal Philippines. Recycling (Waste, etc.) Philippines. Biodegradation Philippines. Teodoro, Luis author. UP FI UPD DMC LG 993.5 2003 M3 G85 Thesis