The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has institutionalized the use of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottle waste in asphalt mixtures as a standard for national road construction to enhance pavement durability and promote sustainable infrastructure. This follows the...
Festival-goers and community members participated in the Tapon to Ipon pop-up booth by dropping off clear PET plastic bottles of any brand in exchange for Coca-Cola products, helping raise awareness on the value of used clear PET plastic bottles and recycling. Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines, Inc....
A project called “shoot for a cause”, which aims to collect plastic bottles, was launched in Barangay 113, Pasay City, on Wednesday, July 27. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano lauded Chariman Irma Sunlayan for placing a basketball ring with big net in the barangay, where residents can place used...
Applications for 4th Reimagine Recycling now open Reimagine Recycling, an annual program that aims to scale plastic waste solutions and promote a circular economy, is calling on individuals and groups that currently implement community-based plastic waste solution programs to submit proposals that...
Coca-Cola Philippines, together with Plastic Bank, officially opened the Ecosystem Impact Week on World Oceans Day in Robinsons Place General Trias with a public exhibit on their waste collection initiatives, including a collection booth, where mall goers can bring clean and used plastic bottles...
The Pasay City government, together with Coca Cola Philippines, launched a plastic recycling program called “Tapon to Ipon: Basta Klaro Panalo” that aims to convert polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles into. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the “Tapon to Ipon: Basta Klaro Panalo” was...
Polyurethane (PU) coating for wood application has been formulated from polyethylene terephthalate or PET bottles, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said. Matthew Gollop/PIXABY/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said it was the agency’s...
Reusable tin water tumblers or bottles have been helping minimize plastic pollution, but some of them could be slowly poisoning you. HARMLESS-LOOKING--The EcoWaste Coalition detected high levels of lead content in the surface coating of these refillable water tumblers. (Photo from the EcoWaste...
This community pantry not only aims to help those in need but also promotes recycling. (Manila Public Information photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Residents of Barangay 306 in Manila were urged to bring plastic bottles in exchange for grocery items at a community pantry set up by a barangay chairman to...
Taking inspiration from the Maginhawa community pantry, members of Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) in Antipolo City in Rizal have created their own version of community pantry with a greater cause of going zero-waste. The community pantry, dubbed as “Zero-Waste community pantry,” was packed with...
