Denpasar, Indonesia–Buckets of blooms adorn Yuvita Anggi Prinanda’s sidewalk flower stall in Bali, but their perfume can’t mask the stench of accumulating trash bespoiling parts of the resort island famed for its natural beauty. Bali’s largest landfill was declared…
MANILA, Philippines — Piles of trash marred several pilgrimage sites and public spaces during Holy Week despite repeated reminders for cleanliness, an environmental group said. According to EcoWaste Coalition’s report, trash were spotted at key pilgrimage sites, particularly at locations…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Santa Fe Mayor Ithamar Espinosa on Friday, January 2, appealed to residents and visitors to exercise discipline and shared responsibility after garbage was found scattered across the beach following New Year revelries. In…
The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people’s bodies, according to a new study that also said more…
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has sent around 600 more trash-filled balloons containing everything from cigarette butts to plastic across the border, Seoul’s military said Sunday, adding that security personnel were collecting them as they landed.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — In case there are still campaign materials around you after the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections on October 30, the director of the Commission on Elections in Central Visayas (Comelec-7) urged the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – As all polling places here for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) come to a close, candidates, their supporters as well as voters are urged to clean election trash. With thousands of…
MANILA, Philippines — More than a thousand sacks of trash were collected at the “Dolomite beach” in Manila Bay to mark the International Coastal Clean-up Day on Saturday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. “More than 1,000…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Environment and fisheries regulators here continue to remind the public to dispose of their garbage properly in order to prevent polluting seas and other vital ecosystems. Personnel from the Bureau of Fisheries and…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — In a city the size of Cebu City with 80 barangays, preserving cleanliness in the surroundings ought to be everyone’s responsibility and not just the job of a select few. However, with over…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan will deploy tricycles or three-wheeled garbage vehicles to collect garbage, especially during the daytime. On Friday afternoon, July 8, 2022, Chan personally tested one of the 30…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A community-based group from Mandaue City is taking on the solid-waste management implementation at the Carbon Market Complex in Cebu City through a partnership with the vendors there. Members of Lambo Carbon, a…
