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ABSTRACT

The study looked in the Local Government Solid Waste Management Plan of
Barangay San Isidro in City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan and provided assessment of
its solid waste management plan inaccordance to the guidelines stipulated in R.A. 9003.
The research scrutinized the solid waste management strategy implemented the
effectiveness of the waste management plan in terms of waste management treatment and
minimization of waste generated in the barangay.

R.A. 9003 or the Solid Waste Management Act of 2001, this act makes provision
for the efficient solid waste management, for the volume reduction of the waste, its
environment friendly disposal, composting, recycling, re-use, recovery. Treatment and
disposal in environmentally sound solid waste management facilities whereas it shall be
possible to correctly dispose the proper segregation, collection, transport, storage,
treatment and disposal of solid waste. Under this act national research and development
programs for improved solid waste management and resource conservation techniques
shall be promoted and supported.

The implementation of R.A. 9003 provided the necessary framework and

institutional mechanisms for the proper treatment of waste and its disposal. The law sets
the appropriate guidelines for waste minimization and introduction of proper treatment
measures enhanced through the promotion of national research and development
programs.