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QC enforces ban on single-use plastic in hotels, restos

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 08:48 PM

MANILA — The Quezon City government has started banning single-use plastic or disposable materials in hotels and restaurants. Read more »

DepEd launches 'Bantay-Magulang' waste management project in Taguig, Pateros

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 05:35 PM

MANILA - The Department of Education’s Taguig and Pateros division launched on Saturday a project where students are tasked to watch over their parents’ compliance with cleanliness measures, including garbage disposal, segregation and reduction. Read more »

Cut back on Christmas waste, says Environment chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 22 05:01 PM

The holidays are expected to bring in more waste from all the celebrations, Cimatu said in a statement.  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 »

PH households generate 40,000 tons of waste daily

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 06:08 PM

Philippine households generate about 40,000 tons of waste per day, a volume that fill up to 100 Olympic-sized swimming pools every single day. 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 »

COA flags Laguna hospital over poor waste management

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 04:51 PM

The Laguna Medical Center was told to comply with the provisions of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act after the Commission on Audit found that containers for infectious waste in the hospital were not marked properly, among others. Read more »

Gov't, private firms turn waste into energy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 11:06 AM

Waste management remains a problem in the Philippines. But the government, in partnership with some private firms, may have found a solution: Converting waste into energy. 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 »

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 »

DENR: 4 Bulacan hospitals' hazardous, infectious waste poses great risk to public

April Rafales, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 10:06 PM

MANILA -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has conducted a preliminary investigation on 7 district hospitals mentioned in a Commission on Audit (COA) Annual Report for 2018, for the irregular collection of “hazardous and infectious” waste from them which exposed patients, health workers, and the public to danger. Read more »

Waste Management

Biju Boro, AFP
Posted at Jun 04 04:47 PM

Indian rag pickers look for recyclable materials as greater adjutant storks stand on the top of one of the largest disposal sites in northeast India at the Boragaon area of Guwahati on Wednesday Read more »

MMDA collects 168.84 tons of campaign trash

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 15 03:31 PM

The MMDA on Wednesday said it collected a total of 168.84 tons of election-related materials from March 1 until May 14 or the day after the midterm elections. Read more »

Missing in the 2019 election campaign discourse: protection of environment

Imelda V. Abano, VERA Files
Updated as of May 11 01:33 AM

(UPDATED) At the homestretch of the 2019 election campaign, environment groups are dismayed that the issue of environment protection has not been given much attention by the candidates. Read more »

Unilever PH, employees lead community fight vs plastic pollution

Unilever
Posted at Apr 30 05:31 PM

As one of the leading consumer goods companies, Unilever is introducing initiatives that spur community action toward reducing plastic pollution. Read more »

'Tambakan' ng basura sa pampang ng Manila Bay, nadiskubre sa Cavite

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 08:31 PM

Pagmamay-ari raw ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Cavite City ang umano'y tambakan ng basura.  Read more »

100 lokal na pamahalaan, pinagpapaliwanag ukol sa basura

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 12:00 AM

Binigyan ng 10 araw ng DILG ang nasa 100 local government units na hindi pa nagbibigay ng solid waste management plan para magpaliwanag. Read more »

'Karamihan ng mga Pinoy gusto ng kandidatong tutugon sa problema sa basura'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 12:26 AM

Mas maraming Pilipino ang naghahanap ng mga pinuno ng gobyerno at mambabatas na kayang solusyonan ang problema ng basura sa bansa, ayon sa SWS survey. Read more »