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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...

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...

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...

The EcoWaste Coalition has underscored the need to separate waste materials contaminated by the new coronavirus from recyclable items as a way of protecting informal waste workers and recyclers from getting infected with the deadly coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo by Pawel Czerwinski/...