Vol. 5, Issue 2, Part B (2019)

Abstract
In recent years, the importance of environmental preservation has been brought to the forefront of Philippines policy making. As a result, new policies have been drafted affecting many different aspects of environmental preservation in the country. Unfortunately, no studies were conducted on how sodium polyacrylate affects plant growth. This study utilized a controlled experimental design, specifically quasi-experimental design, of which isolation, augmentation, control, as well as data analysis are conducted under laboratory conditions. Basically, the study illustrated what could a sodium polyacrylate possibly do save Mother Nature, in this case adding it to plant soil. The collection of polyacrylate in used absorbent materials from wastes could lessen the damage it introduced to soil and the environment in general. The additive in spotlight can help reduce the risk of pollution and deforestation while allowing people, even in urban areas, to go for a greener initiative and make use of what once thought as an insignificant material to be reused again for an additional purpose.