Health and environmental risks among the residents living close and away to a landfill: a case study of surallah cluster sanitary landfill in south cotabato

This study was conducted to determine the health and environmental risk among residents living close to and away from a landfill: A case study of Surallah Cluster Sanitary Landfill in South Cotabato. The study used a quantitative, non-experimental research design employing the correlational technique. The respondents of the study were the 182 households of Surallah selected through a random approach. An adapted and contextualized structured questionnaire was deployed to measure and establish relationships among health risk and environmental risk, the disturbance of external characteristics, and the life satisfaction of residents in the locality. Moreover, the mean, Pearson r, and regression were used as statistical tools. The study found that health risks and environmental risks were low, disturbance to external characteristics was low, and residents' living satisfaction was high, suggesting an inverse relationship. Also, the data revealed a significant relationship between residents' living satisfaction and health risk, environmental risk, and disturbances in physical characteristics. When regressed, it was found that the observed variables have an inverted relationship, implying that the Surallah Cluster Sanitary Landfill does not affect citizens' living satisfaction because the threats of health, environmental, and disturbance risks are not inevitable.