Assessment on the Solid Waste Management Practices Among Personnel and Staff of Miputak East Central School

AUTHOR(S)

NENITA A. LABITA

ABSTRACT

—— This study aimed to investigate the effective practice among the different solid waste management practices of the personnel and staff of Miputak Elementary School. The respondents of the study were forty-two (42) composed of one (1) principal, thirty-eight (38) Teaching Personnel, and three (3) non-teaching personnel. A descriptive-survey method of research was employed through the use of questionnaire as the data gathering tool. Frequency count, weighted mean, standard deviation, Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskal-Wallis H Test, and the Spearman Rank-Order Correlation Coefficient were the statistical tools used to answer the problems set forth in the study. The findings revealed that most of the respondents favored giving the utmost importance to recycling, which implies that recycling when practiced among the personnel and staff of an educational institution has to be prioritized, paramountly practiced, and taught. Furthermore, the solid waste management at Miputak Elementary School had been effectively practiced and established. Keywords — Solid Waste Management, Recycling, Management Practices, Practices , 4’Rs