Thesis (BS Architecture) -- University of the Philippines Mindanao, 2009

Waste is the problem when it comes to environmental issues. In Davao City, the population is more or less 1.4 or 1.5% based on the latest Census of Population conducted by the National Statistics Office. This large population will generate a thousand tons of waste per day. The production and disposal of these wastes have become an enormous problem which affects the lives of the people, animals, plants, soil, water and air. With the emergence of biotechnology, several processes come up in order to manage all these wastes and use these to produce alternative energy. Because of this, Biological Resource Center turns up to be the venue to perform those processes. The Biological Resource Center is composed of three buildings: the Administration Building that acts as the main receiving facility; the Solid Waste Management Facility that acts as a center for recycling solid waste or the bio-degradable wastes; and the Biorefinery Facility that acts as a center for composting biodegradable wastes and also extracting perfumes and dyes from biodegradable wastes. The projected volume of waste to be processed is from 1000-5000 cubic meters. The development of the site adjoining the Center encourages the opportunity to appreciate the natural environment and resources. By means of waste management as the aim of the study, wastes as the primary creator of different kinds of pollution which brought damage to the environment would be lessened and probably be diminished.