Extreme weather events battered developing countries this year despite their small contribution to climate change. The Philippines faced six successive storms in just a month which were intensified by climate crisis, the World Weather Attribution said. Top climate polluters still haven’t...
As part of its broader strategy to reduce the use of virgin plastics and improve solutions for difficult-to-recycle flexible packaging, such as sachets, Unilever launched a new grant for enterprises that address plastic waste in the Philippines. In partnership with USAID and Ernst and Young...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bago City government has launched a community-based waste-to-cash program to boost its environmental protection and preservation efforts. City officials headed by Vice Mayor Ramon Torres and representatives of partner-organizations led the launching of the project in Barangays...
BACOLOD CITY – Single-use plastic will be prohibited in all government offices in Victorias City, Negros Occidental starting June 3. This is pursuant to Executive Order No. 64, Series of 2022, issued by Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez. Employees were encouraged to choose sustainable alternatives and...
FILE - A person walks past an art installation outside a United Nations conference on plastics on April 23, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press viaAP) OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Nations finished a round of negotiations early Tuesday on a treaty to end plastic pollution and...
Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos, Jr. has sounded the alarm. Based on a World Bank report, 2.7 million tons of plastic waste materials produced in the Philippines end up in its own waters. He warned that this “could spell disaster to marine life, especially on coral...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda on Thursday, January 4, urged Filipinos to shun the use of single-use plastics and to be more practical in terms of waste disposal. Legarda made the call as the country observes Zero Waste Month, as she renews her call for the Philippines to...
BACOLOD CITY – The Sagay City government is implementing “No Plastic Day” every Tuesday and Friday from January 1 to December 31 next year. Mayor Narciso Javelosa recently signed City Ordinance No. 2023-015 or the Single Use Plastic Regulation Ordinance of Sagay that aims to minimize...
The Philippines and the World Economic Forum (WEF) signed an agreement on blue carbon ecosystem and plastic pollution, Malacañang said. The Philippine delegation officially opens the first-ever Philippine Pavilion during the 2023 United Nations 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) at the Dubai Expo...
To address the growing concern over plastic pollution in the country, the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will host a National Stakeholders Meeting on Plastic Recycling using radiation technology. Photo credit to DOST-PNRI In a...
Plastic Credit Exchange (PCX), a global plastic waste solutions initiative led by Filipino entrepreneur and philanthropist Nanette Medved-Po, will join the push to eliminate plastic pollution in the upcoming International Negotiating Committee (INC) in Nairobi, Kenya from Nov. 13 to 19, 2023. The...
CAVITE – The local government unit of General Emilio Aguinaldo, commonly known as Bailen, has banned the use of plastic and styrofoam packaging starting November 6. Municipal Ordinance No. 05-58-S-2023 directs establishments to use biodegradable materials, such as paper bags, carton boxes,...
