#Pollution
Mindless consumption and a throwaway culture has filled our oceans with plastic pollution. The cutting down of forests has reached a scale that has previously been unimaginable. This has to stop. If we put people and planet over profit, a world free from pollution and environmental degradation is possible.
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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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People vs Plastic
The results of this survey demonstrate that there is overwhelming public support for the Global Plastics Treaty to cut plastic production, end single-use plastics and advance reuse-based solutions.
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Kuha sa Tingi
Discover how large-scale investments to reuse and refill systems can end sachet pollution, while providing economic benefits to communities.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Managing air quality beyond COVID-19
Air pollution doesn’t have to be an inescapable reality. The ECQ gave Filipino citizens a glimpse of what cities can be like with vastly improved air quality. It also showed us that air pollution can be solved without sacrificing people’s access to mobility.
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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.