The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is seeking a P181.6 million budget allocation for the establishment of a preliminary treatment and storage facility for COVID-19-related health care waste. In a statement Saturday, DENR said it wants the multi-million budget to be taken...
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...
BGC’s Bins & Buckets is an awesome way you can help the environment WASTE TO GOLD The site of the trash-to-cash proram in BGC Coming up with green initiatives at the local level that can help save the earth has always been part of Bonifacio Global City’s commitment for the past years. As a...
Coca-Cola works with local communities to help strengthen their solid waste management practices through workshops, skills training, technology and facilities support needed for collection and recycling systems. At present, the Company has piloted 30 solid waste management projects in 16 provinces...
One of the many trends that people have enjoyed and, at the same time, dreaded during the pandemic is decluttering. Most of us continue to accumulate more things as online shopping grows more popular, turning our homes into a cramped space. This dilemma actively plays a factor as the Philippines is...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) threw all-out support to the establishment of a 25-kilowatt (kW) waste-to-energy (WTE) facility in Los Baños, Laguna, citing the “rapidly increasing” waste generation in the country. Waste-to-energy (WTE) facility in Los Baños, Laguna. (DOST...
By FAITH ARGOSINO Whether you came into contact with someone who has COVID-19, or you became infected yourself, dealing with it means isolation which can be challenging. Here's a list of the do’s and don'ts to help families handle home quarantine issued by the Department of Health: Room for...
On World Food Day, foodsheds offer hope in lockdown-stricken communities When the lockdowns started in March 2020, a lot of families had to suffer immense hunger and poverty stemming from the closure of businesses and absence of reliable sources of livelihood. In a pitch to help communities...
The Commission on Audit has flagged the implementation of the Solid Waste Management Program of popular tourist destination Boracay island. Boracay Island State auditors raised serious issues on the implementation of the SWMP after conducting a special audit on the collection and utilization of the...
The Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) has trained personnel of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) on the use of dual-drum composter, one of its green technologies. Dual-drum composter (DOST) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña...
The Senate is set to begin plenary debates on the bill which would institutionalize the practice of extended producers responsibility (EPR) on their plastic packaging waste. (Photo from EcoWaste Coalition) Before the upper chamber adjourned sessions for a monthlong break Wednesday night, September...
An appeal to the young, particularly next year’s 18-year-olds, who can influence the outcome of the upcoming elections (The author is a college junior taking up BS Information Technology Entrepreneurship at Ateneo Manila University. He is the vice president and secretary-general of Kythe-Ateneo,...
