Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda gave a tough response Monday, June 28 to an environmental group's threats to sue the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) over its slow action on the implementation of a key law against plastic...
A study conducted on eggs has produced evidence that plastic waste disposal--including the export of plastic waste--can cause the contamination of the food chain. (Photo by Hybrid / Unsplash) Released by the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) with the EcoWaste Coalition, the report...
The Department of Trade and Industry-Bureau of Philippine Standards (DTI-BPS) has reactivated its Technical Committee (TC 45) on Plastics and Plastic Products primarily in anticipation of House Bill No. 9147 mandating the DTI-BPS to develop and promulgate the appropriate Philippine National...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the country was just "staking our claim" after Filipino marine scientists found more "piles" of plastic trash in the West Philippine Sea . Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Malacañang) Locsin made the statement after a team of...
EDITORS DESK We do not exactly know when this horrible pandemic would end, but one thing is sure when you talk to scientists, environmentalists, and conservationists – there is a looming pandemic that concerns the environment. More than a year of wearing face shields, donning PPEs, having food...
Plastic Credit Exchange (PCX), the first global non-profit plastic offset program, recently partnered with Microsoft to develop a blockchain-protected credit registry. The revamped credit registry will ensure the public and relevant stakeholders that all transactions within the Exchange are secure,...
The EcoWaste Coalition gave Quiapo Church its due praise Thursday, June 17 for promptly taking down the plastic-made "banderitas" that adorned the side plaza of St. John the Baptist. Before and after. (Photos from the EcoWaste Coalition) It was only last Tuesday when the green group called out the...
Quiapo Church's use of "banderitas" made out of single-use plastic has rubbed an environmental group the wrong way. These trinkets made out of thin-film plastic have made the EcoWaste Coalition unhappy. (Photo from EcoWaste Coalition) EcoWaste Coalition has called out the Quiapo Church for...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda has acknowledged the delays in the banning of items on the non-environmentally acceptable products (NEAP) list, but insisted that authorities were "doing their best". DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda...
The domestic plastics industry has opposed a bill that seeks to impose P20 excise tax for every kilo of plastic bags removed from the Customs territory or from a factory and called for a win-win solution that will protect jobs and local manufacturing. In a statement, the Philippine Plastics...
SMHCC is committed to 'continuous and creative efforts to minimize our carbon and plastic footprint on the planet.' Park Inn by Radisson North EDSA's take-out packaging SM Hotels and Conventions Corporation (SMHCC) properties fully support the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in their...
President Duterte has called for the proper disposal of garbage, including medical waste, after observing the rise in plastic pollution during the coronavirus pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a public address from Davao City (Photo/Office of Sen.Go) The President sought to raise...
