Environmental Management Program of The Kalinga-Apayao State College, Tabuk City, Kalinga: An Input to A Waste Management Guide

Waste management may be defined as the discipline associated with controlling the generation, storage, collection, transfer and transport, processing, and disposal of solid waste in a manner that is in accordance with the best principles of health, economics, engineering, conservation, aesthetics, and other environmental considerations, and that is also responsive to public attitudes. This study aimed to make an objective assessment on the status of the Environmental Management Program of the Kalinga-Apayao State College. Specifically, it endeavored to describe the extent of implementation of the activities identified in the Code, the level of awareness of the stakeholders on the activities of the program, and to propose a waste management guide that can be used by the State College to enhance the implementation of the program. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the research data. Triangulation from a variety of sources like interview, observations and analysis of documents were also used to validate the data collected. Findings of this study revealed that The Environmental Management Program of the Kalinga-Apayao State College is moderately implemented with a total weighted mean of 2.0. The Stakeholders involved in the study which includes the students, faculty and staffs are moderately aware on the provisions of the Environmental Management Program of the College, and likewise a Waste Management Guide was proposed by the respondents to be used by the State College.