LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Cutting plastic waste before it is created is emerging as the most practical solution to the country’s growing garbage crisis, according to experts and environmental groups. At a forum held on April 10,…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Employees of the Mandaue City government are being encouraged to adopt environmentally friendly practices by using tumblers, flasks, and other reusable containers to help reduce waste. The call follows the passage of a…
Negotiators gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Monday in a final push to create a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution. It’s the fifth time the world’s nations convene to craft a legally binding…
CEBU, Philippines — The three highly urbanized cities at the heart of Metro Cebu produces an estimated 1,096 tons of garbage per day based on the collective records of the cities’ environment offices. The majority of this…
In the last several years, we’ve heard so much about the dangers of plastic waste, and I occasionally write about it. But at this point, I have to acknowledge that giving up plastics is incredibly hard. It’s…
CEBU CITY — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) renewed it’s call for the public to stop using single-use plastic water. In a statement posted on DENR-7 Facebook page, Executive Regional Director…
President Duterte is considering a ban on plastics in the country to protect the environment from plastic waste pollution. Mr. Duterte raised the idea at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday night, during a presentation by Vernice Victorio,…
CEBU CITY—A small group of millennials in Daanbantayan town in northern Cebu found a way to protect its ocean from the detrimental effect of plastics. They produce Kandaya eco-pillows stuffed with sanitized shredded plastics. “Daanbantayan has an…
Household consumers and commercial establishments will soon be required to bring and store their special wastes in designated collection points in their barangays for proper disposal. This after the City Council approved an ordinance providing for the…
