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ASEAN leaders welcomed by “mountain of trash” and calls to ban plastic and e-waste imports
Bangkok, Thailand – A mountain of plastic and electronic waste appeared on the streets of central Bangkok today as delegates from the 10 member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…
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Policy Brief: Southeast Asia’s struggle against the plastic waste trade
Executive Summary As leaders from the 10 countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) prepare to meet in Bangkok for the 34th ASEAN Summit this June,…
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Community Rights Advocates Challenge to ASEAN Leaders: End the Toxic Trade in Plastics and E-Waste
Bangkok, Thailand — As the 34th ASEAN Summit gets underway, chaired by Thailand under the theme of “Advancing Partnership for Sustainability,” community rights advocates from Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand are uniting…
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Greenpeace calls for policies to protect farmers from swine fever threat and other impacts from imported industrial meat
Quezon City, 10 June 2019. – Greenpeace today called for increased measures to better protect the country’s agriculture and farmers from the threat of infection from the African Swine Fever…
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A wave of support to save our oceans
A blue planet Life on earth would not exist without the vast blue waters that cover more than 70% of the planet. The oceans provide us the oxygen we breathe,…
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Greenpeace starts them out young with activity in Pasig connecting children’s health and nutrition to environmental health
We spent a day with 100 parents to highlight the connection between the food we eat and the health of our environment. Find out how it turned out!
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Food, fasting and the meaning of Ramadan
What is the right diet? When do we really need to eat? Protein from meat or protein from vegetables? Slow food or fast food? Organically grown or genetically modified? Halal or Haram? Countless debates…
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Greenpeace statement on the return of Hong Kong e-waste shipment
Quezon City – After the Canadian waste was shipped back to Canada last week, another controversial waste shipment, this time a 40-foot container van containing shredded gadgets and computers from…
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Groups say goodbye to Canada waste, urge PH government to ban all waste imports immediately
As the Philippines bid goodbye to the Canadian waste, six years after it was discovered in Philippine ports, environmental groups are calling on the Philippine government to ban all waste…
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Greenpeace statement on the Australian waste found in Misamis Oriental
Seven container vans of Australian waste was recently discovered in Misamis Oriental, which is said to be consigned to Holcim Philippines, Inc. In an interview, Holcim said they will use…
