Vehicles at their end of their life can now be properly dismantled and their materials recycled thanks to the new End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) dismantling facility, the first of its kind, in Pampanga. Operated by En Tsumugi ELV Dismantler Corporation, the facility is a significant milestone in the...
For its pro-environment advocacies and for implementing proper waste management in its communities, the town of Binangonan in Rizal province bagged the top environment award for the most number of compliant villages in District 1 of the province. During the recent 11 th anniversary of the...
As part of its broader strategy to reduce the use of virgin plastics and improve solutions for difficult-to-recycle flexible packaging, such as sachets, Unilever launched a new grant for enterprises that address plastic waste in the Philippines. In partnership with USAID and Ernst and Young...
DAVAO CITY – As the population grows each year, so is the solid waste problem here. ENVIROTECH Recycling Co. CEO Engr. Winchester Lemen inspects chairs manufactured from shredded plastic wastes inside the company plant in Davao City. (Keith Bacongco) With a population of at least 1.9...
BACOLOD CITY – A fire hit a recycling facility in Purok Paho, Barangay Felisa here on Friday, October 13. Damage to property was estimated at P4.2 million. BFP personnel put out a fire in a recycling facility in Barangay Feslisa, Bacolod City on Friday, October 13. (BFP-Bacolod) The Bureau...
Students and volunteers in Angono, Rizal are now replicating the Marcos administration's sustainable agriculture initiatives in their own little way. This came as students of Systems Technology Institute (STI) and University of Rizal Systems (URS) have partnered with the local government unit to...
Quezon City 5th district Rep. PM Vargas (Facebook) Exchanging one's trash for cold cash could become a reality if and when this bill from Quezon City 5th district Rep. PM Vargas gets approved by Congress. Vargas filed House Bill (HB) No.4556 or the Basura to Ayuda Act, which seeks to incentivize...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Plastic for Rice program here that aimed to recycle non-biodegradable materials yielded a total of 4,144 plastic bags, according to the city government. MAYOR John Dalipe leads the Plastic for Rice program in Zamboanga City that promoted the benefits of recycling to help...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers vowed on Tuesday afternoon, March 14 to pin down the law enforcement personnel who are involved in the recycling of seized illegal drugs. This, as the solon received further proof of this disturbing--and apparently 20-year-old--modus operandi...
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...
