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Cash for trash: Indonesia village banks on waste recycling

Willy Kurniawan, Reuters
Posted at Aug 16 08:01 AM

BANGUN, Indonesia - Indonesia's crackdown on imported foreign waste has upset the village of Bangun, where residents say they earn more money sorting through piles of garbage than growing rice in once-lush paddy fields. Read more »

No 'Guardian of the Galaxy': trapped US raccoon goes viral

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 05 08:07 AM

WASHINGTON - He may lack the poise of "Guardians of the Galaxy" superhero Rocket Raccoon but this fur-tive little adventurer is becoming an internet star in his own right after coming off worse in an encounter with a storm grate. Read more »

PANOORIN: Tulay sa Bataan tinangay ng rumaragasang tubig

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Updated as of Aug 03 07:42 PM

Tinangay ng rumaragasang tubig-ilog at mga naipong basura ang isang tulay sa Brgy. Sibacan, Balanga City, Bataan, pasado alas-7 ng umaga nitong Sabado.  Read more »

Asian countries turning back wealthy world's waste

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 31 07:15 AM

Several Southeast Asian countries, sick of being the wealthy world's rubbish dump, have in recent weeks turned back container-loads of waste from foreign shores. Read more »

Quiapo vendors at clearing team nagkagirian

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 08:24 AM

Ayaw kasing umalis ng mga vendor sa kalye sa Platerias. Naghamon pa ng suntukan ang grupo ng mga vendor. Read more »

Paglilinis sa paligid ng Quiapo tuloy-tuloy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 07:52 AM

Tuloy-tuloy ang paglilinis sa paligid ng Quiapo ng mga tauhan ng Department of Public Safety ng lungsod ng Maynila. Read more »

Mayor Isko nagsagawa ng surprise inspection sa Quiapo

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Updated as of Jul 24 08:18 PM

MAYNILA—Nagsagawa ng surprise inspection Miyerkoles ng madaling-araw si Manila Mayor Isko Moreno sa Carriedo St., Quiapo at dismayado siya sa nakitang basura na nakakalat sa kalsada.   Read more »

Amid pollution worries, Cynthia Villar wants single-use plastics banned

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Posted at Jul 19 09:37 PM

Under the Single-Use Plastic Product Regulation Act of 2019, the manufacturing, importation, and use of single-use plastic products will be regulated.  Read more »

Samu't saring basura inanod sa Manila Bay

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Posted at Jul 19 07:41 AM

MAYNILA—Nagkalat na naman ang samu't saring basura sa gilid ng Manila Bay dulot ng nagdaang bagyong Falcon. Read more »

Indonesia to return 49 containers of waste to Europe, US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 02 10:27 PM

Dozens of shipping containers full of waste will be returned to France and other developed countries, Indonesia said Tuesday, as Southeast Asian nations increasingly reject serving as dumping grounds for international trash.   Read more »

PH-Canada close cooperation resolved trash row, envoy says

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Posted at Jul 01 11:26 PM

MANILA—Canadian Ambassador John Holmes on Monday credited close cooperation between the Philippine and Canadian governments in resolving the trash issue.  Read more »

DENR orders temporary shutdown of open dumpsite in Baguio

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 08:44 AM

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has ordered the temporary closure of a Baguio open dumpsite that killed at least 6 people in a garbage avalanche nearly a decade ago.   Read more »

Canadian trash once dumped in PH lands back in Vancouver

Alia Dharssi, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 30 03:11 AM

Canadian workers plan to burn the piles of garbage and convert it to power Metro Vancouver's electric grid, according to a report by Global News. Read more »

Canadian trash from PH set to arrive in Vancouver

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 12:16 AM

MANILA - After a month-long journey, the cargo vessel carrying shipping containers of Canada trash from the Philippines is set to arrive in Vancouver this weekend. Read more »

Company in Misamis Oriental prepares to ship back garbage to South Korea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 02:16 AM

Verde Soko plans to repack more than 5,000 tons of garbage from South Korea stored in its plant since July last year, with the goal of sending it back to Seoul in a few days' time. Read more »

SoKor trash still stockpiled as return deadline nears

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 07:46 PM

Tons of trash that have to be returned in 5 days to South Korea are still lying around in a factory lot in Tagoloan. Read more »

Deflated balloon lodged in wires disrupts MRT-3 operations

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 05:09 PM

MRT-3 train operations in both directions were halted from 3:46 p.m. after a train driver found something lodged between a contact wire and messenger wire at the interstation of Kamuning and Quezon Avenue, its operator said in an advisory.  Read more »

Gowns na gawa sa recycled materials, bida sa Dapitan 'trashion show'

Dynah Diestro, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 02:49 AM

DAPITAN CITY, Zamboanga del Norte—Ibinida sa isang trashion show competition ang mga gown at cocktail dress na gawa sa recyclable materials.   Read more »

Southeast Asia should ban imports of foreign trash - environmentalists

Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Reuters
Posted at Jun 19 07:30 AM

BANGKOK - Environmental groups called on Tuesday for Southeast Asian countries to ban waste imports from developed countries to help tackle a plastic pollution crisis, as regional leaders prepare to meet this week in Bangkok. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 18, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 01:02 AM

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