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Why a Total Ban on Waste Imports is now more urgent with COVID-19
Long before the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the Philippines has already been at risk with exposure to hazardous materials. Developed nations have been contracting companies to ship their waste…
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Green groups: Total ban on waste importation now more urgent to protect PH from post-COVID health, environmental risks
Greenpeace Philippines and EcoWaste Coalition renewed calls for improved protection of Filipinos against health risks from hazardous waste imports beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
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How to protect your home from the virus and still be eco-conscious
It’s inevitable for us to be exposed to all sorts of germs as we go through our day, be it at the office, school, restaurant, grocery store, and what with…
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Waste trade and the Philippines: How local and global policy instruments can stop the tide of foreign waste dumping in the country
A policy paper that looks at current waste and importation laws to identify gaps and loopholes that allow waste trade to happen.
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National ban on single use plastics doable and necessary
Greenpeace Philippines reaction to statements made by Senator Cynthia Villar on the plausibility of a national plastic ban.
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Green groups to DENR: Stop being an apologist for the plastics industry!
Plastic Monster-in-the-box installations delivered at the DENR headquarters Quezon City, Philippines — Environmental groups belonging to the global #breakfreefromplastic movement today delivered monstrous plastic installations at the Department of Environment…
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Greenpeace welcomes Malacañang pronouncement on single-use plastic ban
Greenpeace's reaction to Malacañang’s announcement that President Rodrigo Duterte is amenable to a nationwide ban on single-use plastics.
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Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo named top plastic polluters for the second year in a row
Quezon City, Philippines — Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and PepsiCo, are most identified in brand audits for the second year in a row,, according to global brand audits detailed in the report…
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The #ReuseRevolution is the answer to the plastics crisis
Plastic pollution is everywhere. Starting as toxic fossil fuels, then ending up from beaches in Southeast Asia to the remote Antarctic, corporate throwaway culture is harming communities, animals like turtles…
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What No One Tells You About: The Garbage Problem in Magsaysay Boulevard
Environmental organizations and local volunteers unite against plastic pollution in Tacloban for a series of activities dubbed as Brand Aud8. Led by Mother Earth Foundation, these are a series of…
