Less than a year before his term ends, President Duterte is being pressed by environment groups to act on their call to ban the use of single-use plastics as they assert "plastic pollution crisis should be addressed as urgently as the COVID-19 reponse." Environment groups EcoWaste Coalition, Break...
The Senate is set to begin plenary debates on the bill which would institutionalize the practice of extended producers responsibility (EPR) on their plastic packaging waste. (Photo from EcoWaste Coalition) Before the upper chamber adjourned sessions for a monthlong break Wednesday night, September...
H&M's latest move is a step toward a more circular business model E-commerce sites, food delivery apps, and online shopping apps have been essential in our daily lives during this pandemic time. It minimizes the need to go out as supplies, needs, and other purchases are delivered right at...
The pandemic has filled pages of traditional and online media, so much so that we couldn’t keep our eyes off the dire news of virus variants even though we want to. Once we log on to our social media accounts, COVID creeps up with updates on rising infections, warnings from fully occupied...
The advocacy group partners with Mondelez Philippines to spread the importance of plastic segregation and finding alternatives Plastic may have found its way in everything we use, one thing is for sure, it doesn't suit the ocean. Every year, countries produce million tons of plastic, 8 million of...
Plastic barriers in public utility vehicles (PUVs) are "useless" without physical distancing, a physician said Tuesday, Aug. 24. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with TeleRadyo, Philippine College Physicians (PCP) President Dr. Maricar Limpin recommended getting rid of the plastic barriers...
• Plastic management is the main problem for single-use plastics because it does not decompose, causing havoc in other ecosystems • The Philippines produces 1.01 million metric tons of mismanaged plastics annually • Plastic, made of fossil fuels, emits a significant amount of greenhouse gases...
Photo from Chooks to Go Jumbo Plastic-Basilan finished off KCS-Mandaue, 83-65, to emerge as the first-ever champion of the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup Friday, Aug. 13 in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur. Michael Mabulac and Jay Collado led the way as the Peace Riders swept the...
Photo from Chooks to Go Jumbo Plastic-Basilan moved on the cusp of capturing the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup crown after surviving KCS-Mandaue, 96-91, in Game 2 of their best-of-five title series Thursday, Aug. 12 in Pagadian City. The Peace Riders needed a late surge to hold off the...
Photo from Chook to Go Jumbo Plastic-Basilan picked up where it left off in the Mindanao leg and pummeled KCS-Mandaue, 94-67, Wednesday, Aug. 11 in the opener of their best-of-five series for the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas Super Cup crown in Pagadian City. Six players scored in doubles with Cris...
The Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Ban Bill that was recently passed on third and final reading by the House of Representatives favors plastic producers more than anything else. Greenpeace Philippines campaigner Marian Ledesma (Screengrab from Zoom meeting) Thus, said Greenpeace Philippines campaigner...
Our addiction to plastics is hurting our climate and our chances of survival. You’ve probably heard news or read reports citing the Philippines as one of the world’s top plastic-polluting countries due to our tremendous plastic consumption yet paltry plastic waste management efforts, with a...
