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    Category: Waste

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    Waste

    7 out of 10 Filipinos favor a national single-use plastics ban, survey reveals

    Filipinos favor banning single-use plastics. That is according to a recent survey commissioned by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) which[…]

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    A scavenger collects reusable plastic from the illegal open dumpsite in Malapatan town in the southern Philippines. Image by Bong S. Sarmiento.

    Climate Change · Health · Waste · Water

    Connecting the dots: Innovative solutions to reduce plastic waste and mitigate climate change impacts

    By Purple Romero A dead whale filled with plastic trash. Containers of trash shipped back to a foreign country after six years. The problem of plastic waste and the Philippines[…]

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    Polluted fishing community along Manila Bay near the Freedom Island. credit: IVAbano

    Health · Waste

    China’s ban on waste imports worsens plastic waste crisis in Southeast Asia

    By Imelda V. Abano Southeast Asia, home to four of the world’s top marine plastic polluters, has to face up the true cost of the plastic crisis. After China shuts[…]

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    Rainbow Warrior in the Philippines

    Biodiversity · Health · Waste · Water

    Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior sails in PH to tackle plastic pollution

    Manila, Philippines – Over the weekend, environmental organization Greenpeace Philippines will be opening its most iconic ship, the Rainbow Warrior, to the public. The Rainbow Warrior is coming back to[…]

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    Eco-Cities · Waste

    Green advocates call for ‘clean, green’ elections

    Civil society organizations gathered to call for a ‘clean and green’ election season, urging candidates to minimize waste, refrain from ‘dirty’ tactics such as political violence, as well as pledge[…]

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    Plastic Waste on Freedom Island in Manila Bay

    Biodiversity · Waste · Water

    Plastic trash from ‘sachet economy’ boom chokes Philippine seas

    By BONG SARMIENTO MANILA, Philippines — Freedom Island is drowning in garbage. The last coastal frontier in the Philippine capital provides refuge to migratory birds and a thick mangrove forest[…]

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