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Advocates, experts raise concerns vs plastic upcycling as pollution crisis lingers

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 06 02:00 PM

As recyclers look above and beyond to solve plastic pollution, scientists and advocates warn of a threat lurking from within: the potential health risks that their upcycling process have to humans, and its possible impact to the environment in the long-term. Read more »

Philippines upcycles its way out of its plastic pollution crisis

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 27 12:54 PM

Philippine recycling firms have stepped up to address the waste problem, transforming plastic trash into furniture and construction materials, while the country finds sustainable ways to solve plastic pollution at its source. Read more »

Climate crisis, plastic pollution take spotlight on Earth Day 2022

Raya Capulong and Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 05:23 PM

Green campaigners on Friday raised the need to declare a climate emergency, as well as the country's unabated plastic pollution problem. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 23, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 11:40 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Environmental groups urge Nestle to 'Break free from Plastics'

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 11:52 AM

Environmental activists deliver a turtle sculpture made of single-use plastic sachets to dramatize the impacts of plastic wastes to the marine environment. Read more »

Eco group calls for stronger anti-plastic treaty

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 12:15 PM

Members of the EcoWaste Coalition hold a creative action against plastic pollution at the Quezon City Hall on Sunday. Read more »

Chemical pollution over Earth’s safe limit, study shows

Marc Preel, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 16 01:31 AM

Chemicals and plastics are affecting biodiversity, piling additional stress on already stressed ecosystems. Read more »

Dubai to charge for single-use plastic bags

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 08 08:39 AM

Dubai is ending the free distribution of single-use plastic bags in a drive towards more sustainable practices for the glitzy emirate. Read more »

'Masks could pollute over 54,000 Olympic pools worth of seawater'

Zoe Low, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Dec 25 10:41 PM

A City University laboratory study finds masks in ocean could take up to 1,000 years to decompose. A researcher warns residents to ‘properly dispose’ of facial coverings to prevent microplastic pollution. Read more »

THROWBACK: Plastic pollution

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 08:35 AM

'Matanglawin' talks to Oceana and Greenpeace representatives about the problem with plastic and its impact on the environment. Read more »

Bikers hold protest ride vs single-use plastic

Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 06:22 PM

Bikers gathered together at Dagupan City, to protest the environmental abuses they assert are being committed in the province. Read more »

Plastic additives found in 52% of seabirds around the globe: study

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 17 08:58 AM

More than half the world's seabirds have accumulated plastic chemical components in their bodies, a recent study showed. Read more »

NutriAsia’s Datu Puti products certified 'plastic neutral'

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 05 01:15 PM

This doesn't mean that NutriAsia will stop using plastic in its Datu Puti condiments, but will "recover" an equivalent amount of plastic used in these products. Read more »

This is your waste: A tunnel made of plastic bottles

Prasto Wardoyo, Reuters
Posted at Oct 04 03:51 PM

People walk through "Terowongan 4444" or 4444 tunnel, built from plastic bottles collected from several rivers around the city. Read more »

Social cost of 2019's plastic more than GDP of India

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 06 10:50 AM

The pollution, emissions and clean-up costs of plastic produced in 2019 alone could be $3.7 trillion, according to WWF. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 22, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:05 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Picking up plastic litter

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 02:58 PM

A woman collects plastic waste washed up near their temporary shelter along the shores of Manila bay in Pasay City on Thursday. Read more »

'One less straw at a time': McDonald's Philippines says strawless lids now used in select stores

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 11 04:19 PM

McDonald's Philippines on Friday said it is testing the use of strawless lids for its cold drinks in select stores in a bid to reduce wastes by minimizing the need for straws. Read more »

Philippines contributes to over one-third of world's ocean plastic waste - study

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 09:38 PM

The Philippines has contributed to a third of the plastic wastes that ended up in the world's oceans, with the Pasig River identified as the top plastic pollution source, a study has revealed. Read more »

Global plastics production falls for first time since 2008

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 05:40 PM

PARIS - Global plastics production declined in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, only the third time since World War II that output has fallen, an industry body said Thursday. Read more »