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Put your IG stories to good use, Pinoy youth told amid worsening plastic pollution

Published Mar 19, 2021 06:53 pm

Use your social media accounts as a platform to share your personal solutions to the worsening global plastic pollution, Deputy Speaker and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda urged young Filipinos Friday, March 19, during the 1st Consumer Youth e-Forum.

Deputy Speaker and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda (Congresswoman Loren Legarda Official Facebook Page / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)

Speaking at the forum organized by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and National Youth Commission (NYC) Legarda encouraged the youth to utilize their social media presence in informing and influencing their fellow youngsters on how to eradicate the plastic problem in their own little ways.  

As someone who finds joy in sharing her recycling and "plantita" activities on her Instagram and Facebook accounts, Legarda urged the young ones to do the same.

“If I may suggest, maybe I could do a 30-second or one-minute video. Let's develop this forum. It’s good to have an output, the DTI and NYC forum can have a solo IG on best practices, i-upload natin(let’s upload it),”  Legarda said.

“I’m not an influencer or social media-savvy person but you now I just do my own in between my work or pampawala ng stress kasi tuwang-tuwa ako mag-post ng aking mga tinatanim at hina-harvest at kinakain (to relieve stress because I find joy in posting about my plants and harvest). Now, if we all do that… every day we can have an IG story, showing how we implement RA (Republic Act) 9003,” the former senator urged.

During the forum, which was held in celebration of the World Consumer Rights' Day 2021, Legarda also challenged the youth to collaborate and help in the mission to do away with single-use plastic and lead a sustainable lifestyle.

“The challenge for you now is to pull together more of your fellow young Filipinos to make sure your actions can have a wider reach and a greater impact. To collaborate and link up with more young people so you can speed up and scale up your initiative and inspire many more to act for our planet,” she said. 

The House of Representatives leader also recommended to the DTI and NYC the conduct of a nationwide road show with millennials, youth groups, and consumer groups to spread awareness over existing various laws protecting the environment.

Among these are RA 9003, or the  Ecological Solid Waste Management Law; Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act; Renewable Energy Law; Environmental Education Awareness Act; and the Climate Change Act.

The virtual forum was also attended by DTI Usec. Ruth Castelo; DTI Asec. Anne Claire Cabochan; Ryan Enriquez of the NYC; Antoinette Taus, founder of the Communities Organized for Resource Allocation Inc.; and Jeremy Marquez, director of the Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines. 

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