Solid Waste Management - Guide For Parents 2.5

A Parent Resource for Teaching Young Children
About Solid Waste Management

NESTLÉ IS WORKING TOWARDS A WASTE-FREE FUTURE
The quality of our environment largely determines the quality of our physical health and
well-being, and solid waste management is certainly a pressing concern in environmental
health. Let’s look at some numbers from a study done by the World Bank (2018):
• An estimated 2.0 billion metric tons of waste was generated worldwide in 2018.
• It is estimated that by 2050 — a mere thirty years from now — 3.4 billion metric
tons of waste will be generated worldwide.
OUR COMMITMENT PARTNERING WITH PARENTS

We at Nestlé believe that we all have a role to play Through the activities in this workbook, we hope
in conserving our natural resources, protecting to partner with you in training your children to:
the environment, and reducing the amount of • Think about how we produce and consume
waste we generate. Nestlé is deeply committed products, and its effects on the environment;
to making our packaging 100% recyclable or • Practice the 3Rs – reduce, reuse and recycle
reusable by 2025, as part of our vision that none – consistently, and urge others to do the same;
of our packaging ends up as litter or in landfills. • Be more mindful about the waste we generate
and how to manage that waste properly.
To achieve this, Nestlé has been exploring multiple Since a significant source of solid waste is generated
solutions in three core areas: in homes, we hope that these modules will
• Innovating to develop the packaging for the influence members of your family to feel a personal
future; responsibility for proper waste management within
• Helping to increase collection, recovery and your own homes.
recycling of waste in an effort to shape a
waste-free future; Let’s come together to shape a waste-free future
• Helping to drive new behaviors and and be a kasambuhay for the environment!
understanding on the proper management of
waste. Nestlé Philippines, Inc.
We recognize that we will not achieve our vision
alone, and so this activity book was developed
with the third core area in mind: recognizing the
immeasurable potential of parents to influence
the future behaviors of their children.
Our Panel of Experts and Module Developers

These materials were developed by Nestlé Philippines under the guidance of Corporate Affairs Executive
and Head of Nestlé’s Plastics Task Force, Misha Rabat, and experts from multiple sectors, with the
endorsement of the National Solid Waste Management Commission of the Office of the President. This
module is a condensed version of the Solid Waste Management Module created for schools under the
Wellness Campus program, in partnership with the Department of Education. Our team of content and
material developers included the following:
Commissioner Crispian Lao is the Founding President of the Philippine Alliance for Recycling and Material
Sustainability (PARMS) and is the Private Sector Representative from the Recycling Industry Sector of the
National Solid Waste Management Commission.
Angela Abaya-Garcia has been developing modules for Nestlé Wellness Campus since 2015. She has a
master’s degree in Psychology from the Ateneo de Manila University and is pursuing a PhD in Educational
Psychology at De La Salle University, where she is also a part-time faculty member of the Br. Andrew
Gonzalez College of Education.
Film-maker, author and Komiket Co-Founder Paolo Herras and his creative team at Komiket were engaged
to develop cartoon characters and illustrated stories that make our materials more appealing to young
learners, helping them visualize the attitudes and behaviors our modules aimed to develop.
Dedet Reyes Panabi has been a writer and editor for over 25 years. She was editor-in-chief of Working Mom
Magazine, and worked for digital marketing agencies in Singapore, Canada and Australia.
Completing the team is graphic designer, Jake Ruiz, with more than 10 years of experience in graphic
design,
BE AN ACE AT as well as
REDUCING 8 years
WASTE: in teaching
A Parent Resource forvisual
Teachingcommunication.
Your Children About Solid Waste Management
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
4 WHERE IN THE WORLD DO
THEY COME FROM?
Resources from the Earth 7
Bring Me 7
Avoid the Dump 9
10 REDUCE REUSE AND

RECYCLE
Find a New Use 12
Story Time! 13
16 FIND THE RIGHT PLACE

FOR OUR WASTE
Find the Right Place for our Waste 20

Trash Log 21
WHERE IN THE
WORLD DO THEY
COME FROM?
This lesson aims to teach your By the end of this lesson,
child the following: your child shall be able to:
• We use many different products • Describe where some products
every day that come from the Earth’s come from and how their production
natural resources. impacts our natural resources and
• Irresponsible use of natural environment.
resources can cause problems to our • Describe ways to be more mindful
environment, such as pollution or about consumption of products in
destruction of animal habitats. order to save natural resources.
• Some natural resources are limited,
and if we use up too many resources
too quickly, we might not have
enough in the future.
• We need to be more mindful about
what we buy, use and throw away in
order to protect our environment.
BE AN ACE AT REDUCING WASTE: A Parent Resource for Teaching Your Children About Solid Waste Management 4
LET’S LEARN TOGETHER
The many different products that we use every day are made
using the Earth’s natural resources.
What are some products that we use in our home every day?
From trees, we get products like paper and wood for furniture.
From plants and animals, we get food and cotton clothing.
What items do you see here, and where do they come from?
From trees and plants: From animals:

ANSWERS • toilet paper, yellow pad and notebook • meat and eggs
• cotton shirt and socks • leather bag and shoes
• fruits and vegetables
• bayong bag
Some items are made from materials that we need to dig up from the ground to make
into metal, glass or plastic. Can you name which of these items are made of metal,
which are made of plastic, and which are made of glass?
Metal: Glass: Plastic:

ANSWERS • aluminum can • drinking glass • shampoo bottle
• nuts and bolts • jar • food container
• spoon and fork • bowl • spoon and fork
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF
WE DON’T TAKE CARE OF
OUR ENVIRONMENT?
We need to be careful with the way we get natural resources from the environment, to avoid
problems such as pollution of land, water and air, or the destruction of animals’ homes.
We also need to be responsible with how we use what we get from the environment.
If we use up too many natural resources too quickly, we might not have enough in the
future.
And not only that, we have limited space to dump our waste. We must choose where
and how we dump our waste so that we do not harm our health or our environment.
LET’S TRY THIS!
RESOURCES FROM THE EARTH

Use this clay demonstration to help your child visualize what would happen if we keep taking
resources from the environment.
1. Begin your demonstration with this script:
“The things we use every day come from natural resources in our environment. Let’s pretend that
the clay represents different materials that we get from natural resources.”
• [Hold up a piece of brown clay.] “Let’s pretend the brown pieces are WOOD.”
• [Hold up a blue piece.] “Let’s pretend the blue pieces
represent PLASTIC.”
• [Hold up a white piece.] “The white pieces represent GLASS.”
Feel free to change the colors
• [Hold up a grey piece.] “The grey pieces represent METAL.”
of the clay based on what
2. Pick up a brown piece of clay and ask your child to name an item colors are available to you.
made of wood. Make a clay figure of that item, and place it back
on the tray.
3. Next, pick up a piece of blue clay and ask your child to name an item made of plastic. Again, make
a clay figure, and place it on the tray.
4. Do the same with a piece of white clay (representing glass) and a piece of grey clay (representing
metal).
5. At this point, you should have four different clay figures — representing items made of wood,
plastic, glass and metal — on the tray. Instruct your child to name more items used every day, and
identify the material used to make each one. Form figures of that item, or ask your child to make
it for you.
Eventually you will run out of pieces of clay. Point out that if we keep taking resources from the Earth
without replacing them, we might someday run out of the resources that give us wood, plastic, glass
or metal.
BRING ME
Here’s another activity to help your child realize that most of our day-to-day needs depend on items
that come from natural resources, so we should consume resources wisely.
1. Have your child bring you items made from each category:
• Trees, plants or animals
• Plastic
• Glass
• Metal
2. With each item brought to you, ask your child what would happen if we ran out of materials
to make that item. For example, if your child brings you a piece of paper for the Trees/Plants/
Animals category, ask: “What would happen if we ran out of trees and we couldn’t make any more
paper?” (Possible answer: We would not be able to produce notebooks, pad paper, books and
other things that are used for learning.)
If your child brings you a plastic food container, ask: “What would happen if we ran out of materials
to make plastic and we could not make containers such as this one?” (Possible answer: We would
need to find another way to store food or keep our baon safe.)
By asking such questions, you help your child realize that our day-to-day needs for food, shelter, health,
safety, learning and recreation all depend on items that ultimately come from natural resources. Remind
your child that we should not overconsume so that we do not run out of what we need for our survival
and convenience.
LET’S LEARN TOGETHER AVOID WASTE
Think Before You Buy
Even before we buy a product, we
need to think about how it will impact
our environment. For example, we can
ask ourselves, “Do I really need it? Is it
important?”
We can also ask ourselves, “Instead

of buying this new item, do I have
something at home that I can use
instead?” Or maybe you can ask your
family or friends if they have that item.
What are some examples of items you

can ask your family and friends to allow
you to use, rather than buying a brand
new item?
Some examples are:

• formal attire
• tools
• books
• sports equipment
• suitcase
Rather than buying a brand-new

item, check if the old item can still be
repaired. Can you give some examples?
Possible answers include:

• slightly damaged shoes and bags
• radio
• lamp
• household appliances
If we are mindful of the things we buy, we use less natural resources to make new
products and avoid getting things that eventually end up as trash.
Waste Management Hierarchy
Avoiding waste should be our priority.

If we cannot avoid waste, then we should practice the
3R’s of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle to save our environment
and lessen the waste that ends up in a landfill.
AVOID THE DUMP

1. Go around your house with your child and collect items that are slightly damaged.
2. Place the items on the floor to represent that they were “thrown away.” Tell your child that this
pile is like an open dumpsite.
3. Ask your child what will happen if everyone in the neighborhood or school brought their damaged
items and placed them on this floor. (Expected answer: We will eventually run out of space. Our
house will be filled with damaged items.)
4. Explain to your child if we keep throwing away our damaged items, we will need to take more
resources from the Earth to replace the ones we throw away. We will not only run out of
resources, but we may run out of space to dump our trash.
5. Retrieve some sample items from the floor.
• Identify items that are not essential. Explain that if we avoid buying unnecessary items in the
first place, we produce less trash.
• Identify items that can be borrowed or repaired instead of purchasing brand new ones.
Again, explain that is another way to avoid having items end up as trash.
6. Ask your child to identify other items that could have avoided ending up in the pile. Emphasize
how the pile represents how the volume of trash in a dumpsite can also be lessened as we avoid
purchasing unnecessary products.
REDUCE
This lesson aims to teach your
child the following:
• Practical ways to REDUCE our waste.
• Practical ways to REUSE and
REUSE and
RECYCLE items.
By the end of this lesson,

your child shall be able to:
RECYCLE
• Identify items that can be reduced,
reused or recycled.
• Explain how practicing the 3R’s
(Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) can help
save the environment.
Our planet needs our help!

Start practicing the 3Rs -
here’s how...
REDUCE
Upsize and One way we can save natural resources
buy in bulk and protect our environment is to
REDUCE the amount of waste we
generate. One way to reduce our waste
is to buy products in larger sizes rather
than smaller packages. How does this
help to save the environment? It takes
longer to use up a product that we buy
in bulk and this reduces the amount of
packaging that is used up.
REUSE Donate old

Another way to save the environment is to items
REUSE items. We look for ways that items FOR DONATION
can be used over and over instead of just
throwing them away.
For example, when we have clothes,

decorations, and household items that we
no longer want to use, what should we do
with them? We could donate them so that
someone else can reuse these items, instead
of just throwing them away.
Sometimes, REDUCE and REUSE go

together! When you go to the grocery
with your parents and you reuse an eco
bag or bayong, you reduce the number of
plastic or paper bags consumed.
RECYCLE Bring recyclables to

Last but not least, we RECYCLE. To
recycling centers
recycle means to convert something
that would ordinarily be thrown away
into something useful.
What are examples of items we can

recycle?
LET’S TRY THIS!
Grade 1, Lesson 1 - Healthful vs Less Healthful Food, Worksheet 1
Grade 1: Lesson 2 Reduce, Reuse and Recycle - Session
FIND A NEW USE NAME:

NAME: ________________________________________
DATE: S
DATE: _______________________________________ S
1. Hold up a glass jar and tell your child what product that jar originally contained.
DIRECTIONS
2. Ask your child: “Now that we have used up the product inside this jar, shouldDIRECTIONS
we
How can you reuse an old jar, egg carton and shoebox
throw the jar away?” Allow your child to freely share and explain his answers.
Draw examples of healthful food in the column on the left
column on the right. Ask your parents to help you label ea
3. Remind your child that if we keep throwing things away, we will soon run out of
space to keep our trash.
4. Explain that a better way would be to find different uses for the jar. Ask your HEALTHFUL
child, “What are different ways that we can reuse this container?” (Possible
answers include: to store other food, to store small items like paper clips or
erasers, to use for plants)
5. Give your child the glass jar, as well as an egg carton and a shoebox (if
available). Challenge your child to find different uses for these items.
6. Provide art materials that your child can use to decorate the items.
What are other objects that can be reused or recycled to lessen the waste that ends
up in landfills? List down as many as you can think of below.
Objects that I can Reuse or Recycle to Save the Environment

Reuse Recycle
T I M E !
STORY
3R’S FOR
THE EARTH RED MAYMAY
PASAWAY
MANDO
ABUSERO
PATTY
PATAPON
.
FIND THE RIGHT
PLACE FOR OUR
WASTE
This lesson aims to teach your By the end of this lesson,
child the following: your child shall be able to:
• Waste can be segregated into • Classify waste into biodegradable and
BIODEGRADABLE and NON- non-biodegradable.
BIODEGRADABLE waste. • Identify the proper means of
• Biodegradable waste can be further disposal for biodegradable and non-
segregated into waste that can be biodegradable waste, and do basic
used as a) animal feed or b) compost. waste segregation.
• Non-biodegradable waste can be
segregated into a) items that can be
recycled and b) residual waste (i.e.
items that have no value and are not
accepted or purchased by Material
Recovery Facilities and Junk Shops).
• Carefully segregating biodegradable
from non-biodegradable waste
helps generate the best value for
the waste and manage their proper
disposal, which in turn protects our
environment.
We should remind our family members and friends to reduce waste and use products
that can be reused or recycled. But even though we try our best to reduce waste, and
reuse and recycle items, we will still generate waste, so we need to remember...
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Don’t litter. hurt the en
When we litter, our trash collectors have
a harder time gathering the trash to put
them in the right place.
Segregate trash.
In order to properly manage our waste,
we need to know its classification. The
waste that we generate can be classified
as biodegradable (nabubulok) or non-
biodegradable (hindi nabubulok).
Which of these are biodegradable and which are not? Circle the ones that you think
are biodegradable, and later, check if you are correct.
17
It is important to know whether something is biodegradable or non-biodegradable,
because it affects how we dispose of these items.
Biodegradable wastes can be broken down by microorganisms, such as leftover food

or plant waste. Biodegradable wastes can be used as compost for gardens or to feed
animals.
Non-biodegradable wastes cannot be broken down by microorganisms, and these can

stay on the Earth for thousands of years.
Biodegradable Non-biodegradable
Separate the biodegradable waste that causes The first thing we should do is to separate
garbage to smell bad. When biodegradable waste the biodegradable waste. That’s important
contaminates other materials, it makes it harder because this is what causes garbage to
to reuse or recycle the other materials. smell bad. When these items come into
contact with other materials, it makes it
much harder for us to reuse or recycle
other materials.
We can set aside the kitchen waste that

can be fed to animals. We can also turn
biodegradable waste into compost, which
is used as soil conditioners or fertilizer for
gardens. Fertilizers help plants to grow.
Finish your food.

Finishing your food reduces the food waste
that gets thrown into the garbage bins. So,
one way to reduce the garbage that we
generate is by not wasting food.
Bring paper, glass and metal to recycling centers.
These are examples of Recyclable Waste. You can give recyclable items to waste pickers,
junk shops, or our trash collectors who can bring them to recycling centers. Recycling
centers process these items so that they can be used again.
Recyclable Waste
We can help out trash collectors by making sure these items are emptied, cleaned
and dried before handing the items to them.
Help our trash collectors by Now, imagine if the dry newspapers came
making sure these items are into contact with your kitchen waste. Will our
emptied, cleaned and dried junk shops be able to send the newspapers to
before handing them over recycling centers to be used again?
for recycling.
If the newspaper is too soiled, then we would
not be able to recycle it. Don’t throw clean, dry
paper away in the same
trash can as other types of
waste.
These are examples of Residual Waste. These either have no value or are too soiled
and oily. This also includes paper that has come into contact with food.
Residual Waste
with potential for recycling for disposal
There are some types of residual waste that can be cleaned up and potentially be
recycled. These include items like sachets and beverage cartons. Check to see if there
are recyclers or collection points near your area.
FIND THE RIGHT PLACE FOR OUR WASTE
We usually see these trash cans in public areas, like the mall or the park.
Now you know where to throw your trash!
Biodegradable Recyclable Residual

This is for food waste This is for dry items This is for items that are
without the wrappers that can be recycled. oily, soiled or have come
or container. into contact with food.
DIRECTIONS
Put an X on the items that are in the wrong trash can.
Biodegradable Recyclable Residual
(See answers at the bottom of the next page.)
DIRECTIONS
Throughout the following week, keep a log of the items that you and your family members throw away at
home. You can ask the help of your parents, guardians, or an older sibling to list down the waste items you see
in your trash cans. Do NOT touch the waste items, just look inside the trash cans at the end of the day and list
down as many items as you can see. Then list down the items, using the following color code:
• GREEN INK – for biodegradable trash

• BLUE INK – for recyclable trash
• BLACK INK – for residual trash
Trash Log
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Answers to the trash can activity on page 20:

• Biodegradable trash can: ketchup sachet, tin can, and glass jar should be marked with an X.
• Recyclable trash can: coated food box with food waste, pandesal and banana peel should be marked with an X.
• Residual trash can: glass jar and plastic bottle should be marked with an X.

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A Parent Resource for Teaching Young Children

About Solid Waste Management

OUR COMMITMENT PARTNERING WITH PARENTS

Our Panel of Experts and Module Developers

10 REDUCE REUSE AND

16 FIND THE RIGHT PLACE

Find the Right Place for our Waste 20

From trees and plants: From animals:

Metal: Glass: Plastic:

RESOURCES FROM THE EARTH

We can also ask ourselves, “Instead

What are some examples of items you

Some examples are:

Rather than buying a brand-new

Possible answers include:

Waste Management Hierarchy

Avoiding waste should be our priority.

AVOID THE DUMP

By the end of this lesson,

Our planet needs our help!

REUSE Donate old

For example, when we have clothes,

Sometimes, REDUCE and REUSE go

RECYCLE Bring recyclables to

What are examples of items we can

Grade 1: Lesson 2 Reduce, Reuse and Recycle - Session

FIND A NEW USE NAME:

Objects that I can Reuse or Recycle to Save the Environment

Biodegradable wastes can be broken down by microorganisms, such as leftover food

Non-biodegradable wastes cannot be broken down by microorganisms, and these can

We can set aside the kitchen waste that

Finish your food.

with potential for recycling for disposal

Biodegradable Recyclable Residual

Biodegradable Recyclable Residual

(See answers at the bottom of the next page.)

• GREEN INK – for biodegradable trash

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Answers to the trash can activity on page 20:

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