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Recycled bottles naging strainer sa ilog sa Catanduanes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 02:38 PM

Ginawang solid waste strainer ang mga patapon nang plastic bottle sa kahabaan ng Gogon river sa Virac, Catanduanes. 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 »

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 »

USAID launches livelihood training for women in NCR

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 07:21 PM

USAID said the program, with a fund of P75 million, will give beneficiaries business opportunities through mentorship and financing. Read more »

DENR: '100 percent' of Philippine dumpsites shut down

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 01:16 AM

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Thursday said his department has shut down all of the Philippines' dumpsites. Read more »

DENR: PH generated 362,000 metric tons of waste in 2020, 4x higher vs 2019

Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 18 07:55 PM

In an interview with ABS-CBN News, Environment Undersecretary Jonas Leones said the increase in waste during the pandemic is alarming, but still manageable.    Read more »

THROWBACK: The Philippines' plastic problem

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 08:39 AM

"Failon Ngayon" looks into the country's problem with the prevalence of single-use plastic. The program also investigates the implementation of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 and inquires about how the government plans to improve on it. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 18, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:40 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Bagong solid waste facility ng MMDA, pinasinayaan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 18 07:02 PM

MAYNILA - Pinasinayaan ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) ang isang solid waste granulator and brick-making facility sa Tondo, Maynila, Huwebes ng umaga. Read more »

MMDA launches Solid Waste Granulator and Brick-Making Facility in Manila

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 18 03:15 PM

Workers of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) segregate waste at the Vitas Pumping Station, Barangay 147, Tondo, Manila during the launching of the agency's first-ever Solid Waste Granulator and Brick-Making Facility on Thursday. Read more »

Online system inilunsad para sa pagmonitor ng solid waste management ng mga LGU

Bettina Magsaysay, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 08:07 AM

MAYNILA - Inilunsad ng Environmental Management Bureau ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources ang isang online monitoring system para mapaigting ang pagmomonitor sa mga lokal na pamahalaan kung sumusunod ba ang mga ito sa ipinatutupad na Solid Waste Management Law. Read more »

Spot the differences: Traslacion 2020 vs previous years

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 12:03 AM

Here are some of the differences of Traslacion 2020 from previous iterations. Read more »

Higit 100 LGU hindi nakapagsumite ng solid waste management plan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 12:35 AM

Pagpapaliwanagin ng DILG ang mga LGU na hindi sumusunod sa kanilang solid waste management plan. Read more »

From paradise to perdition: Tale of a sanitary landfill in Bulacan gone wrong

Gerry Lirio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 18 04:30 PM

When it rains, trash from an 18.8-hectare landfill in Bulacan flows and mixes with the flowing Istrabiyal River. Now, residents want it closed. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 30, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 11:29 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Hope floats

Maria Tan, AFP
Posted at Sep 30 01:14 PM

A man wades through floating trash and water lilies at the Estero de Vitas in Manila, to collect plastic and recyclable materials, on Sunday. Read more »

Manila Water to build, operate waste management facility in Marikina

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 09:30 AM

Manila Water Total Solutions Corp submitted an unsolicited proposal, through a joint venture arrangement, to build and operate the facility for the treatment and processing of solid wastes of Marikina, the concessionaire told the stock exchange.  Read more »

'School tiangge' sa Ilocos Norte plastik ang sinisingil kapalit ng paninda

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 02:39 PM

Ayon sa paaralan, binansagan nila ang programa na "Basura Exchange School Tiangge" o BEST.  Read more »

Cambodia probes Chinese firm over illegal waste imports

Prak Chan Thul, Reuters
Posted at Jul 21 08:23 AM

PHNOM PENH - Cambodia is investigating a locally-based Chinese firm for illegally importing around 1,600 tonnes of plastic waste from the United States and Canada, the Southeast Asian country's customs chief told Reuters on Friday.   Read more »

Manila's makeover

Editorial cartoon by Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 05:25 PM

Kudos to Manila Manila Mayor Isko Moreno for his initial efforts in making the Philippines' capital city look young again. Read more »