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- 1. HOME-BASED URBAN CONTAINER GARDENINGA HOUSEHOLD-BASED WASTE MANAGEMENT AND FOOD SECURITY SYSTEM A CASE PRESENTATION ON AN EFFECTIVE AND DOABLE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION MEASURE
- 2. 600 B.C.
- 4. MIGRATION AND URBANIZATION • 60% of the world’s population are already living in urban centers / cities; • Agri-production will be impossible due to compressed settlements; • Settlements will be vulnerable to natural & man-made risks threatening livelihood, health & lives.
- 5. Major challenges in urban areas: • High in-migration rates; • Dysfunctional environment, congestion; • Poverty, lack of opportunites; • Insecurity, rising crime rates; • Solid waste management; • FOOD SECURITY – access to safe, nutritious & affordable food.
- 6. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Per capita = 1 liter per day HOUSEHOLD SOLID WASTE FRACTION RESIDUAL 20% RECYCLABLE 30% BIODEGRADABLE 50%
- 7. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (Holmer, 1999) DUMPED IN VACANT LOTS 12% HAULED BY GARBAGE COLLECTORS 52% BURNED BY HOUSEHOLDS 38%
- 8. 54%
- 10. SOLID WASTE PROBLEM CYCLE HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLD WASTE UNSUSTAINABLE “QUICK FIX” PRACTICES I S S U E S • Declining capacity of city landfill • Increasing LGU cost for collection and disposal of solid waste POLLUTED ENVIRONMENT • Increase health problems GLOBAL WARMING GREEN HOUSE GAS C U L P R I T HOUSEHOLD V I C T I M • Increasing volume of solid waste generation • Drainage and canal clogging and flooding • Increase air pollution and ground water contamination AGGRAVATES CLIMATE CHANGE
- 14. URBAN CONTAINER GARDENING (UCG) A Food Production System considered as nutrition garden of a household. A household activity that utilizes containers in growing fruits, vegetables and herbs for family consumption. It is the cheapest and healthiest way of food production as it utilizes bio-wastes as sources of fertilizers in growing crops.
- 15. LEARN BY DOING…
- 17. Step 2. BOTTLE PERFORATION
- 18. Step 3. GROWING MEDIA PREP.
- 19. Step 4. PLANTING
- 20. BIOSOLID / LIQUID COLLECTION
- 22. MORE TLC WITH APPLIED SCIENCE….
- 24. F.A.T. Food Always on the Table P120 P30
- 25. The Hanging Garden of ROM
- 26. A Household can EARN & SAVE!• !!! CROP: PECHAY (30 days) > 10 SQ.M. LOT > 1,200 HILLS OF PECHAY 40 KILO HARVEST= x P40 / KILO P1,600 (Gross Sales) Less P400 (Total Expense)_________________ P1,200 (Net Savings)
- 27. If 1,447 Households in Boac, Marinduque will do CONTAINER GARDENING # of Household: Savings/Household/Month: = x P1,200 1,447 P1,200 1,447 P1,736,400 / Month = P20,836,800 / Year ÷ 1,447 HH P14,400 Net Savings/HH / Year=
- 28. COLLECTED 50% DUMPED IN VACANT LOTS 12% BURNED BY HOUSEHOLDS 38% Residual 100,000 Kg 20% Recyclable 150,000 Kg 30% Biodegradable 250,000 Kg 50% BANABA WASTE FRACTION 80% reduc*on of Solid waste Volume in Landfill + 80% reduc*on in waste collec*on expense No more garbage in vacant lots No More Burning by Households Disposed in Landfills Dumped in Vacant Lots Burned by Households 50% 12% 38% 100% CURRENT PRACTICES Waste Collected/Year (Kg) Yearly Expenses (PhP) Potential Savings (PhP) OPPORTUNITIES TOTAL 362,318.00 86,957.00 275,362.00 724,637 Kg 500,000.00 120,000.00 380,000.00 P1,000,000.00 250,000.00 60,000.00 190,000.00 P800,000.00 Total Savings ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: COMPOSTING & RECYCLING
- 29. ECONOMIC IMPACT IN BANABA COMMUNITY Residual 144,927 Kg 20% Recyclable 217,391 Kg 30% Biodegradable 362,318.00 Kg 50% BANABA WASTE FRACTION Residual (20%) Recyclable (30%) Biodegradable (50%) 1,447 724,636 KG 144,927 217,391 X P10/Kg 362,318 800,000.00 2,173,911.00 20.836,800.00 P23,810,711.00 Waste Collec*on Savings Income Generated from sales of Recyclables Income Generated from sales of Vegetables WASTE FRACTION POPULATION VOLUME SAVINGS/EARNINGS SOURCES (Kilograms/Year) (Php /Year) (%) TOTAL ANNUAL SAVINGS /EARNINGS Persons
- 30. PRACTICAL PRINCIPLES TO REMEMBER
- 31. Tara! Mag-UCG na tayo!
- 33. GINGER IN SQUASH
- 37. MALUNGGAY IN PLASTIC CUPS