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May Kwarta sa Basura para sa Eskwela. The Concept : A program that raises money for students while positively educating the community about a way to care for the local environment. Tubod National High School Tubod, Badian, Cebu. The Model. Tubod, Badian, Cebu at Tubod National high school
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May Kwarta sa Basura para sa Eskwela • The Concept: A program that raises money for students while positively educating the community about a way to care for the local environment
The Model • Tubod, Badian, Cebu at Tubod National high school • Mr. Rudy Trangia, a Cebu NGO worker with the Mag Uumad Foundation Inc., proposed the idea to the high school • The program was implemented during the 2004-2005 school year
The Program • Participating students bring their home recyclables to the school • At the school, the amount/ type of recyclable collected is recorded for each student • The recyclables are put in a holding unit (MRF) at the school. • Trash buyers come to the school and purchase recyclables in bulk
The Program Cont’d • The money paid by the buyers is deposited into a bank where there is an account for every participating student • The students bank books are updated based on the amount received from the bottles they brought in to the school • As a graduation gift, students are given their bank book
The Results… • Program has been newly implemented in the 2004-2005 school year • The three top earners during the school year 2004-2005 made 650, 550 and 300p. • However, this was the first year of the program. Higher participation is expected this year and in the future. • Recently one student has been able to make 964.26p between February 2005 to August 2006
Roles and Leaders in the Program Program Coordinator Collector/ Recorder Treasurer
Program Coordinator • Mrs. Candida Purgatorio, head teacher of Tubod National High School, organized the SWM orientation in coordination with the PTCA and Barangay Officials. • She acts as overall coordinator of the project and gives instruction to the teachers as needed to sustain the program.
Collector/ Recorder • Ms. Merenilo accepts bottles every Friday during her free time. She keeps record of how many bottles each student brings in. She keeps the record on a makeshift passbook. • Based on a price list given by our buyer, she can tell the students the value of each bottle.
Treasurer • Mrs. Pocong’s role is to start students’ accounts in the bank located in the town. • Once the buyer comes and purchases the recyclables, she deposits money in the students’ accounts once they have a 50p minimum. • The frequency of her visits to the bank depends on the month. No taxes are paid because it’s just a small amount. • The bank book will be given to the students as they graduate as their graduation gift.
Role of the Other Teachers • The rest of the teachers’ role is to inform and remind the students about the program and to participate in monitoring days. • During the monitoring the teachers visit households and check to see if students are segregating their waste. • Students have been instructed to a construct a three section (biodegradable, paper and plastic) waste receptacle at their homes.
Students Role • The students have also played a large role in making this program possible; they donated bamboo and their time to construct the MRF (Material Recovery Facility). This is where the recyclables are stored until they are picked up by a buyer.
Parents of Students Role • Help students in the construction of garbage receptacles at the household • Assist in household segregation and collection of recyclables • Encourage community leaders to extend SWM barangay or municipal wide
Steps of TNHS to Implementation • The teachers make the first move, they should: • Arrange the SWM (Solid Waste Management) orientation • Facilitate action planning workshop • Monitor the student activities at the household and school campus • Act to inform, remind and encourage students about the program
Implementation Advice • Start monitoring students’ SWM activities early and more frequent at the start of the program, so that it will become a habit. • Use the savings as an incentive for the students to encourage them to participate. • After the orientation focus on what you can do now (small steps) and then work up • Make a user friendly monitoring checklist so that it is easy to calculate participation levels
Implementation Cont’d • Make sure to have a good system of recording the savings. • Have a proper ceremony as part of the graduation recognizing the students effort. You should also recognize those students with the highest earnings. This will motivate students and the audience to replicate. • Remind students to be honest in collecting recyclables
Additional Info • The amount of bottles collected depends on the month; some months especially during the beginning of the school year very few bottles come in because students are waiting until they have a big collection so that it is profitable to transport the bottles. • However, in January many bottles come in due to the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
Problems Encountered • We had problems with funding • The school was unable to give a honorarium to an SWM expert, students had to make a donation for this purpose • We constructed our MRF from bamboo instead of a more stable material • Travel expenses for monitoring
Problems Encountered continued • For our area, it is difficult for us to monitor the students’ household segregation; the houses are scattered and there is often no mode of transportation other than walking.
Empty Plastic Bottles 7/kg Tanduay 1 p/3 bottle Bronze 200 p Coke/Pepsi .50/bottle Garapa .50/bottle Patis/Suka 1 p/ 3 bottle Recyclable Types and Purchase Prices in Maasin
Kulafu .40 Flat .50 Patis .50 Catsup .15 Viagro 1p/ 3 bottles SM small .50 Coke reg .50 Jaz .40 Jaz family .80 7-up .80 Tanduay (long neck) .70 Coke family 2.50 Efficacent small .50 Garapa .10 Bildo .30 Emperador longneck .50 Cebu Purchase Prices
