HOME-BASED URBAN CONTAINER GARDENING

A HOUSEHOLD-BASED WASTE MANAGEMENT AND FOOD SECURITY SYSTEM

A CASE PRESENTATION ON

AN EFFECTIVE AND DOABLE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION MEASURE

600 B.C.

MIGRATION AND URBANIZATION •  60% of the world’s population are already

living in urban centers / cities; •  Agri-production will be impossible due to

compressed settlements; •  Settlements will be vulnerable to natural &

man-made risks threatening livelihood, health & lives.

Major challenges in urban areas:

•  High in-migration rates; •  Dysfunctional environment, congestion; •  Poverty, lack of opportunites; •  Insecurity, rising crime rates; •  Solid waste management; •  FOOD SECURITY – access to safe, nutritious & affordable food.

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Per capita = 1 liter per day

HOUSEHOLD SOLID WASTE FRACTION

RESIDUAL 20%

RECYCLABLE 30%

BIODEGRADABLE 50%

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (Holmer, 1999)

DUMPED IN VACANT LOTS 12%

HAULED BY GARBAGE COLLECTORS 52%

BURNED BY HOUSEHOLDS 38%

54%

54%

28% 18%

COMMERCE & INSTITUTONS HOUSEHOLDS OTHERS

SOLID WASTE PROBLEM CYCLE HOUSEHOLD  

HOUSEHOLD WASTE

UNSUSTAINABLE “QUICK FIX” PRACTICES

I S S U E S

• Declining capacity of city landfill

• Increasing LGU cost for collection and disposal of solid waste

POLLUTED ENVIRONMENT

• Increase health problems

GLOBAL WARMING GREEN HOUSE

GAS

C U L P R I T HOUSEHOLD

V I C T I M

• Increasing volume of solid waste generation

• Drainage and canal clogging and flooding

• Increase air pollution and ground water contamination

AGGRAVATES CLIMATE CHANGE

ECOLOGICAL SANITATION

ECOSAN PHILOSOPHY

URBAN CONTAINER

GARDENING (UCG)

URBAN CONTAINER GARDENING (UCG) A Food Production System considered as nutrition garden of a household.

A household activity that utilizes containers in growing fruits, vegetables and herbs for family consumption.

It is the cheapest and healthiest way of food production as it utilizes bio-wastes as sources of fertilizers in growing crops.

LEARN BY DOING…

Step 1. COMPOSTING

Step 2. BOTTLE PERFORATION

Step 3. GROWING MEDIA PREP.

Step 4. PLANTING

BIOSOLID / LIQUID COLLECTION

SIMPLE ACTIVITIES REQUIRING TLC

MORE TLC WITH APPLIED SCIENCE….

F.A.T. Food Always on the Table

P120

P30

The Hanging Garden of ROM

A Household can EARN & SAVE! •  !!!  CROP: PECHAY (30 days)

> 10 SQ.M. LOT

> 1,200 HILLS OF PECHAY 40 KILO HARVEST =   x P40 / KILO

P1,600 (Gross Sales) Less P400 (Total Expense) _________________ P1,200 (Net Savings)

If 1,447 Households in Boac, Marinduque will do CONTAINER GARDENING

# of Household:

Savings/Household/Month:

=  

x  

P1,200 1,447

P1,200 1,447 P1,736,400 / Month

=   P20,836,800 / Year ÷   1,447 HH

P14,400 Net Savings/HH / Year =  

COLLECTED

50%

DUMPED IN VACANT LOTS

12%

BURNED BY HOUSEHOLDS

38%

Residual 100,000 Kg

20%

Recyclable 150,000 Kg

30%

Biodegradable 250,000 Kg

50%

BANABA WASTE FRACTION

 80%  reduc*on  of  Solid  waste  Volume  in  Landfill    

+  80%  reduc*on  in  waste  collec*on  expense  

No  more  garbage  in  vacant  lots    

No  More  Burning  by  Households  

Disposed  in  Landfills  

Dumped    in  Vacant  Lots  

Burned  by  Households  

50%  

12%  

38%  

100%  

CURRENT PRACTICES

Waste Collected/Year

(Kg)

Yearly Expenses

(PhP)

Potential Savings

(PhP) OPPORTUNITIES

TOTAL  

362,318.00  

86,957.00  

275,362.00  

724,637  Kg  

500,000.00  

120,000.00  

380,000.00  

P1,000,000.00  

250,000.00  

60,000.00  

190,000.00  

P800,000.00   Total  Savings  

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: COMPOSTING & RECYCLING

ECONOMIC IMPACT IN BANABA COMMUNITY

Residual 144,927 Kg

20%

Recyclable 217,391 Kg

30%

Biodegradable 362,318.00 Kg

50%

BANABA WASTE FRACTION

Residual  (20%)  

Recyclable  (30%)  

Biodegradable  (50%)  

1,447   724,636  KG  

144,927  

217,391    X  P10/Kg  

362,318  

800,000.00  

2,173,911.00  

20.836,800.00  

P23,810,711.00  

Waste  Collec*on    Savings    

Income  Generated    from  sales  of  Recyclables  

Income  Generated    from  sales  of  Vegetables  

WASTE  FRACTION   POPULATION   VOLUME     SAVINGS/EARNINGS   SOURCES    

(Kilograms/Year)   (Php  /Year)  (%)  

TOTAL  ANNUAL  SAVINGS  

/EARNINGS  

Persons  

PRACTICAL PRINCIPLES TO REMEMBER

Tara! Mag-UCG na tayo!

EGGPLANT IN TETRAPOTS

GINGER IN SQUASH

RADISH IN BOTTLES

TOMATOES IN BOTTLES

LETTUCE IN BOTTLES

MALUNGGAY IN PLASTIC CUPS

LETTUCE IN CONTAINERS

VERTICAL CONTAINER GARDEN