The Implement of Waste Segregation Scheme in La Trinidad, Benguet

Abstract

This study assessed the implementation of the waste segregation scheme in La Trinidad. Assessment of the practices related to the implementation showed that most of the variables were rated highly a factor. The top five were as follows: residents segregate their waste religiously; residents dispose their garbage according to schedule; local government officials involve associations in the implementation; residents’ associations support the scheme by including this in their program of activities and sanctions are given to those who do not follow the scheme. Majority of the respondents or 53% considered the scheme a success.

Resulting logistic regression model showed that respondents who considered that the practice of residents disposing their garbage according to schedule as highly a factor in the waste segregation scheme were 1.3 times more likely to consider the implementation a success; those who considered the practice of barangay officials meeting the residents and explaining to them the scheme as highly a factor in the waste segregation scheme were 5.8 times more likely to consider the implementation a success; residents from Ambiong were 4.5 times more likely to consider the implementation a success and those from Tawang were 1.3 times more likely to consider the implementation of the scheme a success.