SWAPP conducts Seminar for UC-METC Maritime cadets
On November 25, 2011, more than 500 cadets from UC-METC and other schools in Cebu attended the waste management seminar at Capt. Susifatro Abella Gymnasium at UC-METC. Of the total students attended the seminar, around 30 students from UC-METC under the CARES program had been sworn in as junior members of SWAPP. The resource speakers from SWAPP and UC-METC took turns in trying to educate the students on the basic solid waste management principles and related topics such as climate change, disaster risks and waste management onboard ships specially presented by UC-METC Campus Director Capt. Arnel N. Malaga.
At the end of the seminar, about 30 Maritime cadets under the CARES program was sworn as junior SWAPP Chapter members The overall goal of SWAPP is to develop the young students as SWAPP trainers and advocates of solid waste management in their campus and in other school as well.
University of Cebu & SWAPP signs MOA for SWAPP Satellite OfficeThe Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the University of Cebu and Solid Waste Management Association of the Philippines (SWAPP) was signed in Cebu City on November 21, 2011 on the first day of the SWAPPCon 2011’s Conference which was themed: “The Way forward for ESWM in a Climate-Challenged World” informing stakeholders about the pressing issues and approaches to current and future SWM challenges. The MOA was signed by UC represented by Atty. Baldomero Estenzo in behalf of Atty. Augusto W. Go, UC President and former Mayor Mary Jane C. Ortega, SWAPP President. The MOA was conceived due to the offer of UC to host the 2011 SWAPP national conference at UC-METC campus and the openness of SWAPP to provide technical assistance to other institutions and communities in other regions nationwide.
A new dawn for solid waste managementAuthor: Louise Sarant Source: http://www.almasryalyoum.com/node/334668 Egypt's 25 January uprising has unexpectedly sparked fresh interest in environmental issues. NGOs concerned with solid waste management are taking advantage of the positive climate to reorganize themselves and address this environmental problem in creative ways. Earlier this month, the Spirit of Youth Association (SYA), an NGO located in the Cairo suburb of Mokattam, saw an opportunity to raise awareness about solid waste management by highlighting the importance of the source-segregation of waste.
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SWAPPCon 2011
The Way Forward for Ecological Solid Waste Management in a Climate-Challenged World University of Cebu-Maritime Education Training Center, Cebu City November 21 -24, 2011 It is the 10+ 1 Anniversary of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act . As we look forward to the next ten years, we need to respond to the continuing and new challenges of solid waste management. RA 9003’s call on the practice of 3Rs will continue to be relevant in the next ten years especially in a climate-challenged world. Methane emissions from disposal facilities and carbon dioxide emissions from open burning especially of agricultural wastes need to be addressed. Waste avoidance and recycling will continue to be key approaches to climate change mitigation and sustainable financing mechanisms need to be established.
IconSWM 2011: 2nd International Conference on SWMThe 2nd International Conference on Solid Waste Management and the exhibition, IconSWM 2011, will bring together various stakeholders from academia, industries, government and non-government organizations at international level to deliberate on issues pertaining to waste management, so as to share experience and have a better understanding of the policy needs, technical and scientific inputs, financial requirements, Equipment & machineries requirements and social changes required for sustainable resource management in the contemporary world.
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