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Taas-presyo posible dahil sa buwis sa single-use plastic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 08:32 PM

Posibleng lalo pang magmahal ang ilang produkto kung papatawan ng buwis ang mga single-use plastic, ayon sa ilang sektor. Read more »

Rethink tax on digital purchases: Joey Concepcion

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 12 06:55 AM

The tax on online transactions and streaming services was seen as an ‘only fair’ move by Finance secretary Benjamin Diokno. Read more »

20 tons of campaign materials being collected daily; poses environmental risks

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 05:00 PM

Some campaign paraphernalia are made of PVC plastics. An analysis by Greenpeace USA had described PVC as the 'most environmentally damaging of all plastic' that even recycling it would be 'impractical.' Read more »

Trash endgame: Can recycling solve PH's plastic woes?

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 06 08:16 AM

An environment group said top-plastic producing firms must change their business models instead of diverting the attention to recycling plastics. Initiatives like plastic upcycling can be considered as 'false solutions.' Read more »

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 28 04:12 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 »

Cyclists call for end of fossil fuel use

Reiniel Pawid, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 08:34 AM

Cyclists and environmental advocates call for an end to the use of fossil fuels, one of the main drivers of global warming affecting countries. Read more »

TIPS: How to make your home plastics-free

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 02:00 PM

'If we don’t rethink our strategies, even if the pandemic doesn’t kill us, plastic pollution will.' Read more »

Scientists find microplastics in blood for first time

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 30 11:46 PM

Half of the blood samples showed traces of PET plastic, widely used to make drink bottles, while more than a third had polystyrene, used for disposable food containers and many other products. 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 »

Progress on recycling smartphones, but more to do

Valentin Bontemps, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 09:31 AM

Smartphone manufacturers have promised to do better when it comes to recycling their product, responding to pressure from environmental campaigners. 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 »

SC issues Writ of Kalikasan vs gov't on PH's plastic crisis

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 05:50 PM

Petitioners earlier said that if the Supreme Court grants the Writ of Kalikasan, it could make a 'stronger' case and protection for the environment, and would also fast track the 'effective resolution of a case involving the violation of one's constitutional right to a healthful and balanced ecology.' Read more »

Vico Sotto inks deal on waste-to-cash program in Pasig

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 03 10:07 AM

Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Thursday signed an agreement that would implement a waste-to-cash program in the city through the establishment of several collection points for post-consumer plastic waste. Read more »

Gov't urged to act on 'neglect' of PH plastics crisis

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 27 03:55 PM

'The Ecological Solid Waste Management Act has faced more than two decades of neglect by the NSWMC, compounding the burgeoning plastic crisis in the Philippines,' a statement from Oceana read. Read more »

Greenpeace asks online stores to cut down plastics use

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 08 06:02 PM

'What we have right now is a perfect storm, incoming holidays, and the persistence of the pandemic and of course the burden that these events produce in our planet in terms of packaging waste.' Read more »

Single-use plastic plates, cutlery, cups face UK ban

Reuters
Posted at Aug 28 09:09 AM

Single-use plastic plates, cutlery and cups are among a raft of items that could be banned in England, the British government said on Saturday. Read more »

HK used 780M pieces of plastic packaging in 2020

Sammy Heung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 19 01:25 PM

An estimated 780 million pieces of plastic packaging were used for goods bought online in Hong Kong last year as more consumers shopped from home amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a green group which called for regulations to deal with the problem. Read more »

1 patay sa pabrikang nasusunog sa Valenzuela

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 17 06:31 AM

Patay ang 1 lalaki sa sumiklab na sunog sa isang pabrika ng plastic sa Valenzuela City madaling araw ng Martes. Read more »