Carbon Market plans to go ‘zero-waste’

Kim Ablaña 03/07/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Carbon Public Market, the city’s biggest wet market, plans to go zero-waste by turning organic waste into fertilizers. Vendors must now save their organic waste for this purpose. The Office of the…

Zero-waste store Amgu moves into a new eco hub

Doris Mondragon - Content Specialist 02/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Zero-waste store Amgu has moved from a boutique style store into a garage store. Amgu, a Cebuano word that means awareness, continues its #wayplastikay lifestyle advocacy amid the challenges of the pandemic. One of the…

Waste-To-Energy is NOT Zero-waste

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 12/19/2019

Local government units (LGUs) in Cebu and in other parts of the country should better think twice in entertaining notions of hosting polluting waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities, without being held accountable. By embarking on WTE as a quick-fix…

Former call center agents open first zero-waste store in Cebu

Immae Lachicha 05/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— A newly opened grocery store in Cebu City encourages its patrons to adopt a zero-waste lifestyle. When visiting the store, buyers are required to make sure that they bring their own refillable containers because…

Zero-Waste Month: Globe says NO to plastic, launches  ‘Wag Sa Single Use Plastic” campaign

PR 01/27/2019

Globe Telecom joins several organizations that have taken a stance against the proliferation of plastics by instituting a ban on single use plastics within its headquarters at The Globe Tower.  The company also embarked on an employee…

Young woman’s zero-waste lifestyle inspires netizens

Doris Mae C. Mondragon 06/12/2018

 For two months now, Dana Marie Perez has been living a zero waste lifestyle. With her current lifestyle, Perez aims to minimize solid waste production. She posted her journey to a cost-effective lifestyle, which drew thousands of…

The irony of ‘Zero Waste Month’

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 01/09/2017

Looking at the tons of plastic and remnants of personal items that the waves have tossed back to the shores, I could not help but feel pain at humanity’s unceasing assault on the very source of life…

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