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Topic: plastic-recycling

Green firm finds new use — and home — for plastic waste

Green firm finds new use — and home — for plastic waste

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 20 07:40 AM

A social enterprise in Muntinlupa launched Friday a recycling line that would turn waste into eco-boards or panels equivalent to plywood. Read more »

Big brands call for global pact to cut plastic production

Big brands call for global pact to cut plastic production

John Geddie and Joe Brock, Reuters
Posted at Jan 17 08:23 AM

International brands including Coca Cola and PepsiCo called on Monday for a global pact to combat plastic pollution that includes cuts in plastic production, a key growth area for the oil industry. Read more »

Global plastics production falls for first time since 2008

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 »

Private equity's falling out of love with plastic packaging

Private equity's falling out of love with plastic packaging

Arno Schuetze , Reuters
Posted at May 21 08:42 AM

Private equity investment in the global plastic packaging sector has already slowed in recent years, with the combined deal values in 2016-2020, of $1.3 billion, being a third lower than in the five prior years, according to Refinitiv data. Read more »

Philippines can unlock up to $1.1 billion from recycling plastic yearly: World Bank

Philippines can unlock up to $1.1 billion from recycling plastic yearly: World Bank

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 11:23 AM

The Philippine government should work with the private sector and other stakeholders to unlock the potential of up to $1.1 billion (P53.4 billion) per year in material value from recycling plastic, a World Bank report released this month showed.    Read more »

Nestlé Philippines, DENR ink deal to build materials recovery facility

Nestlé Philippines, DENR ink deal to build materials recovery facility

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 12:23 PM

Nestlé Philippines on Friday signed a deal with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for its commitment to a waste-free future, which includes the building of a materials recovery facility (MRF) in Caloocan City.    Read more »

Malaysia to return US plastic waste shipment under new UN rules

Malaysia to return US plastic waste shipment under new UN rules

Reuters
Posted at Mar 24 05:27 PM

Malaysia will return a container of plastic trash en route from the United States as it violates new UN rules governing hazardous waste, the environment ministry said on Wednesday, one of the first signs of the regulations being enforced. Read more »

Plastic straw at stirrers, ipagbabawal na

Plastic straw at stirrers, ipagbabawal na

Isay Reyes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 03:20 AM

Inaprubahan na ang pagsama sa listahan ng non-environmentally acceptable products (NEAP) ang plastic softdrinks, straw, at plastic stirrers. Read more »

The face-mask seat: a S. Korean student's attempt to recycle during COVID-19

The face-mask seat: a S. Korean student's attempt to recycle during COVID-19

Minwoo Park, Reuters
Posted at Dec 10 02:08 PM

"Plastic is recyclable, so why don't we recycle face masks, which are made of plastic?" Read more »

Plastic pandemic: COVID-19 trashed the recycling dream

Plastic pandemic: COVID-19 trashed the recycling dream

Joe Brock, Reuters
Posted at Oct 06 02:37 AM

Already 164 million sachets are used every day in the Philippines, according to the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, an NGO. That's nearly 60 billion a year. Read more »

7 out of 10 Filipinos prefer recyclable containers than sachets: SWS

7 out of 10 Filipinos prefer recyclable containers than sachets: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 02:38 PM

MANILA - Seven out of 10 Filipinos favor buying condiments in recyclable containers than sachets, a commissioned survey of Social Weather Stations showed. Read more »

Lamitan turns plastic trash into tulips to fight waste

Lamitan turns plastic trash into tulips to fight waste

Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 12:47 PM

A southern Philippine city has turned discarded plastic bottles into flowers to fill a garden of thousands of colorful tulips, capturing tourists' attention and building awareness about recycling. Read more »

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