(MMDA PIO) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said improper waste management practices from informal settlers resulted to the accumulation of garbage in rivers and creeks, which was cited as cause of the recent heavy flooding...
The US government is amenable to firming up an agreement on taking back ‘spent fuel’ that had already been irradiated once fissioned or burnt in reactor for nuclear technologies that American suppliers will be deploying to the Philippines. In a roundtable discussion with the Philippine media,...
ILOILO CITY – A coalition of environmental groups has urged the Iloilo City government to scrutinize the proposed waste-to-energy (WTE) project by incineration deemed toxic both to people and the environment. “We call on the Iloilo City government to reconsider the construction of a WTE...
Senator Loren Legarda is now pushing for a bill seeking to standardized working conditions for waste workers, citing their critical role in public health and environmental sustainability. In filing Senate Bill No. 22636 or the proposed Magna Carta of Waste Workers Act, Legarda said it is...
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...
Waste workers urged lawmakers on June 11, 2024, at UP Diliman, to pass a bill institutionalizing the sector’s right to just labor conditions. The Magna Carta of Waste Workers, Senate Bill No. 2636, was drafted by the Philippine National Waste Workers Alliance (PNWWA), a coalition of 12 waste...
A vendor selling used remote controls for various home appliances takes a nap in Nhat Tao market, the largest informal recycling market in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — Dam Chan Nguyen saves dead and dying computers....
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded the administrators of hospitals owned by the provincial government of Camarines Norte to dispose of their medical wastes properly to safeguard people's health and the environment. The reminder, contained in COA's annual audit reports, was issued to...
Achieving a circular economy starts with us. It can be as small as reusing bottles or as progressive as setting up a business for processing different waste into resource; needless to say, the time to act is now. In a startling projection for 2025, the National Solid Waste Management Commission...
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...
Deputy Speaker Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar (Rep. Villar's office) Even garbage collectors and their fellow waste workers should enjoy protecting by law, especially when it comes to healthcare. One potential...
Prime Integrated Waste Solutions Inc. (PWS), a subsidiary of Razon-led Prime Infrastructure Capital, has advanced into operational phase the country’s first automated materials recovery facility (MRF) sited in Cebu that will be utilized for strategic waste management as well as storage, prior to...
