ENVIRONMENTAL AWARNESS AND PROTECTION Flashcards
refers to organized efforts to teach about how natural environments function and particularly, how human being can manage their behavior and ecosystem in order to live sustainably.
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION-
An act to promote environmental awareness through environmental education and for the other purposes.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9512 OR NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ACT OF 2008
An act providing for a comprehensive water quality management and for other purposes
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9275 or PHILIPPINE CLEAN WATER ACT. OF 2004
an act regulating the ownership, possession, sale importation and use of chainsaw, penalizing violation thereof and for other purposes.
REPUBLIC ACT. NO. 9175 or CHAINSAW ACT OF 2002
an act providing for the conservation and protection of wildlife resources and their habitats, appropriating funds therefor and other purposes.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9157 or WILD LIFE RESOURCES CONVERTION AND PROTECTION ACT OF 2001
this is an act providing for an ecological solid waste management program, creating the necessary institution and incentives, declaring certain acts prohibited and providing penalties, appropriating funds, thereof, and other purposes.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9003 or THE ECONOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000
an act providing for a comprehensive air pollution policy and for other purposes.
REPUBLIC ACT 8749 or PHILIPPINES CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999
Any materials that can be broken down
by naturally occurring organisms such as
bacteria fungi in air and soil.
BIODEGRADABLE
Biological degradation under
Controlled conditions.
COMPOSTING
Includes certain kinds of seed, pulp,
Peeling, pickles, sweet or snacks.
FOOD MATERIALS
Refuse from household, as distinguished
from industrial waste, hospital waste, etc.
Which maybe classified as a biodegradable
or non-biodegradable.
DOMESTIC WASTE
Special types of waste containing chemical
and biological and radioactive elements
Which are harmful to human health.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
THE CONTROLLED PROCESS BY WHICH
COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS ARE BURNED
AND CHANGE INTO GASES AND
RESIDUES THAT CONTAIN LITTLE OR
NO COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS
INCERNATION
Any materials that cannot be
degraded or composed naturally
occurring organisms such as
bacteria and fungi in air, water and soil.
NON- BIODEGRADABLE
A substance that decomposes at certain
temperature in contact with air and
moisture generally containing nitrogen.
PUTRESCIBLE
The re-used retrieval, recommission of
elements matter for any and all purposes
necessary to healthful and productive
living, the process By which waste materials
are transformed into new products in such
a manner that the original products may
lose their dignity.
RECYCLING
Include anything thrown away such as
garbage, rubbish, trash, litter, junk
and refuse of any source.
SOLID WASTE
WHAT ARE THE 3 R’S of ECOLOGICAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
REDUCE, REUSE, AND RECYCLE
Is any change in climate over time whether due to natural processes or as a result of humanity activity.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Increasing volume of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
CLIMATE CHANGE
The warming of the earth atmosphere results in the melting of snow covers the glaciers, the rise of the sea level, shorter winter, early springs, hotter summer and delayed coming of the autumns.
CLIMATE CHANGE
What rank is the Philippines in the global climate risk index
Rank 4th
What are the CLASSIFICATION OF SOLID WASTE
Domestic
Commercial
Industrial
WHAT ARE THE FOUR CHARACTERISTICS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
Ignitable- a substance that causes fire
Corrosive- destroys tissues or metal
Reactive- reacts with others and any explosive.
Toxic- danger inn health, water food and air.
a substance that causes fire
Ignitable
destroys tissues or metal
Corrosive
reacts with others and any explosive.
Reactive
danger inn health, water food and air.
Toxic
3 MAIN GOAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
- Protection of the environment
- improvement of public health
- Conservation of energy.
SOURCE OF AIR POLLUTION
Mobile sources-
Stationary Source-
around 80% use gasoline and 30% use diesel. Only a small percentage of Filipinos owner cars, 20% in metro manila
Mobile sources-
air pollution are emissions from power plants, cement plants and oil refineries.
Stationary Source-