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By Jonathan L. Mayuga, Businessmirror, 26 Feb 2020 Plastics compose most of the waste at the Taytay Materials Recovery Facility in Barangay Muzon, Taytay, Rizal.

by Gaea Katreena Cabico (Philstar.com), 26 Feb 2020 MANILA, Philippines — While the Philippines is not beset by high levels of deadly micro-pollution, the country still has a very polluted air, a report on air quality worldwide suggests.

by Gaea Katreena Cabico (Philstar.com), 25 Feb 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The resolution imposing a ban on “unnecessary” single-use plastics in all government offices is inadequate and may lead to more frequent use of plastic items, environmental groups said Tuesday.

By: Jhesset O. Enano, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 25 Feb 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) has approved a resolution that mandates the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to prepare and to implement the banning of “unnecessary” single-use plastics in all government offices.

by Rhodina Villanueva (The Philippine Star) – 25 Feb 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) has approved a resolution imposing a ban on single-use plastics in all government offices nationwide.

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by Rhodina Villanueva (The Philippine Star) – 22 Jan 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Seven in 10 Filipinos want single-use plastics to be banned at all times, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released yesterday.

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by Domini M. Torrevillas (The Philippine Star) – 12 Dec 2019 The time has come to give up using one-use plastic bags. Housewives and market vendors are the most reluctant of species to say goodbye to the utility bags. They wrap seafoods, meat products and vegetables with plastic – for what should they use to…

By Xianne Arcangel, CNN Philippines, 5 Dec 2019 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 5) — Metro Manila is in the middle of a “garbage crisis,” the country’s environment chief bared Thursday. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu sounded the alarm on the country’s waste problem, pointing out that Metro Manila surpassed the baseline on the volume of…

By CNN Philippines Staff, 1 Dec 2019 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 1) — Restaurants and hotels in Quezon City will soon be disallowed from using disposable packaging materials as well as single-use plastics, according to a new city ordinance.

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by Agence France-Presse, 20 Nov 2019 PARIS — It is well known that human hubbub can have a negative impact on some animals, but a new study Wednesday says the noise we make should be treated as a “major global pollutant.”

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by Franco Luna (Philstar.com), 11 Nov 2019 MANILA, Philippines — A fisherfolk federation is disputing a congressman’s claim that informal settlers are to blame for the state of Manila Bay.

by Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News, 25 Oct 2019 MANILA – Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and PepsiCo vowed to reduce packaging and recycle waste, after they were named top “plastic polluters” by environmental network Break Free From Plastic.

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By Reuters, Sep 3, 2019 Armed with gloves, rubber boots, and a rake, “Mangrove Warrior” Willer Gualva, 68, comes to Freedom Island in the Philippines almost every day to stop it from being engulfed by trash.

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by Sam Reeves (Agence France-Presse) – Apr 26, 2019 JENJAROM, Malaysia — From grubby packaging engulfing small Southeast Asian communities to waste piling up in plants from the US to Australia, China’s ban on accepting the world’s used plastic has plunged global recycling into turmoil.

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By the Philippine News Agency, 28 Feb 2019 Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu is optimistic in accomplishing the goal of reforesting the remaining unproductive, denuded, and degraded forestland nationwide by 2028.

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