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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