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EU Parliament to phase out plastic water bottles

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 13 08:55 AM

Strasbourg, France - The European Parliament has told its lawmakers and staff to set an example for EU citizens by no longer drinking water from plastic bottles by next year. Read more »

Thai turtle's plastic-filled stomach highlights ocean crisis

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 06:55 AM

Startling images of plastic shreds, rubber bands and other debris found jammed in the stomach of a green turtle in Thailand have highlighted the crisis of waste-strewn seas following the widely publicized death of a whale this month. Read more »

Polluted waters

George Calvelo, ABS CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 01:25 PM

A woman prepares food above polluted waters of Tondo, Manila on Tuesday. Read more »

#WorldEnvironmentDay: Pilipinas kabilang sa mga pinakanagkakalat ng plastik

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 11:17 PM

Napapabilang ang Pilipinas sa mga bansang pinakanagkakalat ng plastic sa karagatan, batay sa isang ulat pangkalikasan. Read more »

'Beat plastic pollution'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 06:58 PM

Wastepickers wash recovered plastics for recycling on a creek in Quezon City, Tuesday.  Read more »

Southeast Asia's plastic 'addiction' blights world's oceans

Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Juarawee Kittisilpa, Reuters
Posted at Jun 05 03:45 PM

Five Asian countries - China, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam and Thailand - accounted for up to 60 percent of the plastic waste leaking into the ocean, according to a 2015 report by the environmental campaigner Ocean Conservancy and the McKinsey Center for Business and Environment. Read more »

A prayer before the deep

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 02:08 PM

A boy sits still in front of the coming waves as children play at the BASECO shoreline in Tondo, Manila, Monday.  Read more »

World Environment Day: Fighting plastic pollution with reusables

Barbie Salvador - Muhlach
Posted at Jun 05 09:06 AM

Ahead of the World Environment Day on Tuesday, June 5, the United Nations launched a social media movement challenging everyone to #beatplasticpollution. Read more »

Dead whale spotlights Thailand’s losing battle against plastic

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jun 04 06:35 PM

BANGKOK - A pilot whale that died after ingesting rubbish has highlighted Thailand's losing battle against plastic, said conservationists who called for urgent measures to cut back on pollution that also worsens urban flooding. Read more »

Delhi slum drowning in plastic as Environment Day focuses on India

Abhaya Srivastava, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 04 06:27 PM

NEW DELHI - A sea of plastic spreads through the New Delhi slum of Taimur Nagar, a symbol of the grime and waste that makes the Indian capital one of the world's most polluted cities. Read more »

5 items travelers can use to reduce plastic waste

Kara Santos
Posted at Jun 04 12:22 PM

The Philippines is the third worst plastic polluter of the oceans, according to Greenpeace. Read more »

Plastic bags jam stomach of dead pilot whale in Thailand

Reuters
Posted at Jun 03 09:33 PM

The whale spit out five plastic bags on Friday and later died, the Marine and Coastal Resources Department said on its website.   Read more »

EU moves to ban single-use plastics

Reuters
Posted at May 28 09:46 PM

The European Commission on Monday proposed banning single-use plastic products such as cotton buds and plastic straws and putting the burden of cleaning up waste on manufacturers in an effort to reduce marine litter. Read more »

Europe struggles as plastics pollution piles up

Reuters
Posted at May 11 03:36 PM

OSLO - Europe has sent just over half the plastic waste it used to ship to China to other parts of Asia since Beijing's environmental crackdown closed the world's biggest recycling market in January. The knotty problem is what to do with the rest. Read more »

Ano'ng masasabi ng netizens sa 'mamahaling' plastic bag ni Sandara?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 11:37 PM

Usap-usapan ngayon sa social media ang "plastic bag" ni Sandara Park na nagkakahalaga umanong P30,000. Read more »

Life with less plastic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 03:50 PM

Authorities check stalls in Baguio City Public Market, Friday for the strict implementation of the anti-plastic ordinance of the city.  Read more »

Negosyong semento na may sangkap na plastik, sinimulang 'walang puhunan'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 09:26 PM

Isa sa mga sangkap sa paggawa ng "ecobrick" ay mga ibinasurang plastic sachet na inihahalo sa grava, buhangin, at semento. Ang negosyong ito ay nagsimula nang "walang puhunan." Read more »

Britain to ban sale of plastic straws in bid to fight waste

Reuters
Posted at Apr 19 06:31 AM

LONDON, England - Britain plans to ban the sale of plastic straws and other single use products and is pressing Commonwealth allies to also take action to tackle marine waste, the office of Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May said.   Read more »

Plastic particles found in top bottled water brands: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 15 10:31 AM

MIAMI - The world's leading brands of bottled water are contaminated with tiny plastic particles that are likely seeping in during the packaging process, according to a major study across nine countries published Wednesday. Read more »

Krill could prove secret weapon in battle vs ocean microplastics

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 09 10:42 AM

SYDNEY - They might be at the bottom of the food chain, but krill could prove to be a secret weapon in the fight against the growing threat of plastic pollution in the world's oceans. Read more »