Waste analysis and characterization study in Central Luzon State University, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija [manuscript]
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2019
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Jan Emerson C. Gonzales
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Solid waste generation rate is far way increasing and it is drastically affecting the natural environment. The urgency to manage are waste is inevitable as human waste generation and the amount tend to increase as the demand of quality of life also increases. Hence, conducting waste Analysis and Characterization Study (WACS) has to partake to account and characterize solid wastes from housing units of Central Luzon State University (CLSU), in Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines for compliance of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. The result have showed that housing units generates 0.1814 kg/day per capita of waste, of which 83% of the total waste type composition can be dealt for waste reduction, recycling and composting activities. Compostable materials was the most significant waste found in the housing units. Therefore composting of organic waste is the best strategy for solid waste management within Central Luzon State University.