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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 11, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 12:15 AM

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

Post-election clean-up in QC

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 05:05 PM

Personnel from the Quezon City Department of Public Order and Safety on Wednesday sort the massive pile of election tarps and posters that were collected around the city. 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 »

Dung power: India taps new energy cash cow

Bhuvan Bagga, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 20 02:19 PM

India is tapping a new energy source that promises to help clean up cities and is already providing a vital revenue stream for poor farmers. 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 »

27 million COVID vaccine doses to expire in July: ofc'l

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 03 04:37 PM

Presidential Adviser Joey Concepcion urged unvaccinated Filipinos to get inoculated or boosted against COVID, warning that millions of doses may go to waste in the middle of the year. 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 »

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 »

Philippine designer fashions gowns out of recycled trash

Adrian Portugal, Reuters
Posted at Mar 16 11:01 AM

Lenora Buenviaje has been making dresses out of waste materials for the past seven years and says wearing clothes made from such items as recycled newspapers, plastic wrapping and rice sacks can be both economical and fashionable. 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 »

Only 9% of plastic waste recycled worldwide: OECD

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 05:53 AM

A new report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development report found that 460 million tonnes of plastics were used in 2019. Read more »

Congress asked to help resolve plastic waste problem

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 05:17 PM

Several members of EcoWaste Coalition and the Malate Catholic Church called out the 18th Congress regarding bills that, according to them, are 'false solutions' to the plastic problem. Read more »

Paghahakot ng hazardous waste sa ospital sa Quezon aabutin nang 12 araw

Dennis Datu, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 07 11:52 PM

Dahil madalas ang pag-ulan, posibleng matagalan pa nang ilang araw bago mahakot lahat ang mga basura. Read more »

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 »

Hazardous medical waste sa QMC, ibabiyahe sa Bulacan matapos hakutin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 03:32 PM

Nasa 100 toneladang hazardous medical waste ang nahakot ng kumpanya. Read more »

Medical waste sa Quezon Medical Center sinimulan nang hakutin

Dennis Datu, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 06:39 AM

Sisimulan na ang paghahakot ng nasa 100 toneladang hazardous medical waste na 3 buwan nang nakatambak sa Quezon Medical Center sa Lucena City. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 3, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 01:27 AM

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

Mountain of hazardous waste in Lucena hospital

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 03 08:45 PM

The DENR has sent a team to investigate the reported tons of overflowing hazardous waste that the hospital has failed to dispose properly and has been languishing at their facility. Read more »