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....
Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are encouraged to start preparing for the requirements of Republic Act No. 11898 or the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) even if the law will implement compliance on small businesses five years from now yet. Bonar Laureto, director for climate and...
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...
A visit to Los Pepes Farm, a stingless bee farm in Indang, Cavite, is akin to a museum visit. Exhibited in this farm are several forms of beehives — some are commonplace, others are rooted in traditional practices, while a few are just wildly interesting. Los Pepes Farm is no agricultural museum...
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...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Australian scientists found that superworms have a surprisingly healthy appetite for polystyrene, which the researchers hope could eventually be used to recycle plastic in an environmentally safe way. In a new study published in the Microbial Genomics journal and revealed on...
A truck full of campaign materials will be turned over to the town’s recycling facilities. Mayor-elect Jeri Mae Calderon, in her Facebook page, announced that the campaign materials such as posters and banners, all made of tarpaulins, will be brought to the sorting and recycling facilities for...
The “Bantay Baterya” and “Bantay Langis” projects have placed Honda Cars Philippines Inc. in the list of corporations committed to reducing man’s footprint in this part of the Earth. Both recycling projects aim to help lessen land and water pollution through the proper disposal of...
Motolite’s third-party recycler Evergreen Environmental Resources Inc. (EERI), which recovers close to 99-percent of the batteries’ components. Youth-led environmental group, Solidarity for Environmental Education and Development for Sustainability (SEEDS PH), is pushing for the inclusion of...
WORLD WITHOUT WASTE Food and beverage packaging has always played an important role in our everyday lives. A variety of packaging options allow us to safely consume food, extend the shelf life of perishable goods, and easily transport drinks, including clean drinking water, in times of need....
Food and snack company Mondelez Philippines has committed to collect and divert more plastic waste in 2022 as part of its sustainability efforts. In a statement, Mondelez Philippines said it aims to collect more plastic waste next year. This, after the company was able to collect and divert a total...
Following government’s decision to lift the mandatory wearing of face shields, Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles urged local government units to initiate their respective campaigns to ensure the proper disposal of the COVID-19 protection. Rizal Rep. Fidel Nograles Nograles suggested that...
