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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 »

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 »

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

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 »

Ayala Land says turning plastic wastes in eco-friendly products

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 03:07 PM

At least 28 metric tons of plastic waste or equivalent to 2.8 million plastic water bottles were recycled into eco-products by Ayala Land Inc as part of its circular waste management initiate, it said Wednesday. Read more »

Recycling of plastic waste from Gundam models gets under way

Kyodo News
Posted at May 05 02:13 PM

Toy maker Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. has recently launched a project to recycle throw-away plastic parts from its model kits based on the popular Japanese sci-fi television animation series "Mobile Suit Gundam" as part of its sustainability effort. Read more »

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 »

Refund for returning plastic bottles, levy for drink suppliers mulled to boost recycling in HK

Ng Kang-chung and Nadia Lam, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 23 01:19 PM

Green groups welcome the proposals outlined for a three-month public consultation, but some urge authorities to offer bigger refunds. Stores with retail floor areas over 200 square meters may also be asked to provide space for plastic bottle return and rebate redemption services. Read more »

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 »

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 »

BP to test technology to recycle plastic bottles again and again

Reuters
Posted at Oct 24 10:18 PM

Only around 60 percent of PET used for bottles is recovered, with the vast majority recycled only once before being either buried in landfills or burnt as the current recycling process leaves a lot of impurities. Read more »