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The bill is due: Filipino communities demand Unilever pay for decades of plastic pollution
Multisectoral groups from the Philippines have filed a landmark pollution complaint before the Pollution Adjudication Board of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-PAB) against Unilever PLC and Unilever Philippines, Inc.
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Navotas landfill fire latest in dangerous trend of waste disasters
Following the fire at the closed Navotas Sanitary Landfill in Barangay Tanza, Navotas, environmental group Greenpeace Philippines warned that the incident is part of a growing and dangerous pattern of waste catastrophes in the Philippines, underscoring the urgent need to address the country’s waste crisis at source, through reduction.
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Months after deadly trash slides, groups say gaps persist, call out weak policies
Months after the fatal trash slides in Cebu and Rizal, impacted communities and civil society organizations say little has changed in addressing the country’s worsening waste and plastic crisis. The groups gathered at the University of the Philippines Cebu for a public forum to push for stronger accountability and upstream solutions, warning that without strong…
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5 ways to detox your home from plastic
Whether you just watched Plastic Detox on Netflix or because the first signs of summer inspired a good clean, here are five practical ways to detox your home from plastic.
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PH Environmental Groups Apprehensive of DENR Sec. Cuna Appointment
We, environmental justice groups, express serious concern over the appointment of Undersecretary Juan Miguel Cuna as the new Acting Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
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Greenpeace: Trash slides are bound to happen again, PH government must act now
Communities residing near Binaliw Landfill hold a candle lighting vigil, expressing their indignation for the suffering they are experiencing from the impacts of the neighboring dumpsite. Last January, 36 waste workers lost their lives to the trash slide that buried the waste segregation facility they were working in. Weeks after the tragedy in Binaliw, a…
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Greenpeace: Rizal landfill collapse exposes gov’t inaction on waste
Weeks after the Binaliw landfill tragedy, which claimed 36 lives, another trash slide incident happened in Rodriguez, Rizal. Reports claim that there are at least three individuals missing since a portion of the landfill collapsed last Friday afternoon.
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New Plastics Treaty chair must restore trust, transparency, and ambition — Greenpeace
Following the election of H.E. Ambassador Julio Cordano of Chile as the new Chair of the committee tasked with negotiating a Global Plastics Treaty, Greenpeace Philippines said the appointment must mark a turning point for the treaty talks and the start of a renewed effort to rebuild trust in the process, particularly for countries in…
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Cebu landfill landslide recalls Payatas tragedy, underscores country’s waste crisis
Greenpeace calls on PH gov to fully implement RA 9003 and enforce plastic reduction
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Real change needs real options
In conversations about plastic waste, behavior change is often described as simply a matter of motivation. If people care enough, the thinking goes, they will reduce plastic use. But insights from reuse projects in Southeast Asia tell a fuller story.