Volume of Solid Waste Accumulated by GSC Main Campus: A Data Base for Solid Waste Management Program

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the volume of solid waste accumulated by GSC Main Campus. The data gathered in the study was the actual weight of the classified waste as to non-biodegradable and biodegradable waste collected per week for five (5) consecutive months. The amount of waste collected was recorded every week. Results showed that there was more biodegradable waste accumulated than the non-biodegradable wastes.

Students, faculty, and staff practice segregation of waste at source. Recyclable materials are recovered from the non-biodegradable waste before these are dumped at the specific dumping site, and the GSC Main Campus has earned income from the recyclable materials recovered and sold at junk shops.