MANILA, Philippines – A party-list congressman today filed a bill, which seeks to compel customers to pay at least P5 for each plastic bag they will be using for the goods they purchased.
PBA party-list Rep. Mark Aeron Sambar filed House Bill 4462, seeking to create a fund to support the government’s programs and projects for the reduction of the use of plastic bags in the country.
Under the bill, which will be called “Plastic Bag Use Disincentive Act of 2011” if passed into law, big stores, supermarkets, food chains and similar establishments will be allowed to charge customers not less than P5 per plastic bag, regardless of size, when buying items or products.
Sambar said that the price of the plastic bags will not be subject to sales tax, but will be separately labeled under the “Plastic Bag Pollution Clean Up Charge.”
He proposes that the amount that will be collected from the plastic bag fees will be collected by the national government through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and placed in a special fund to be called the “Plastic Bag Pollution Fund.”
The fund will be used to finance projects and programs of the government aimed at reducing the use of plastic bags in the country.
“The fees collected shall be used solely for projects to lessen the use of plastic bags and to promote the use of reusable bags,” Sambar said.
The congressman said the projects may include developing in-store educational materials for distribution to customers encouraging the use of reusable bags.
Under the bill, the DENR can use the Plastic Bag Pollution Fund for the development and implementation of programs that will encourage and support pollution prevention, abatement and clean up, enforcement, green chemistry, water quality protection and clean up, as well as environmental and public education and outreach.–Philippine Star
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
September –
5 Sept – Intl Day of Charity
7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
18 Sept – International Equal Pay Day
21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
28 Sept – International Day for Universal Access to Information
29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30 Sept – World Maritime Day
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety and Sanitation Month
National Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
Sept 15: Philippine Medicine Day
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
