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Answering 10 pressing questions about plastic pollution

(First of 3 parts) The world generated an estimated 400 million tons of plastic waste last year. This torrent of water and shampoo bottles, dispensing...

Prime Infra, RiverRecycle to reduce Cebu floating waste

Prime Infrastructure Capital Inc., together with its social arm, Prime Infra Foundation, and waste management company, Prime Integrated Waste Solutions (PWS), has partnered with...

Turning the tide on plastic

How the Philippines is embracing reuse solutions Plastic pollution has been one of the biggest environmental challenges of the past few decades, and with its...

Gov’t, private sector vow to address growing plastic pollution problem

The government and the private sector on Thursday launched the Philippine National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) at Marco Polo Manila Ortigas to address the...

The climate crisis: Funding, plastic pollution to dominate talks in 2025

The Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, will be the global focus of efforts to tackle the climate crisis in November 2025, when it hosts...

Plastic pollution talks fail to reach landmark deal

Deeply divided negotiators failed on Sunday to reach a landmark global treaty to curb plastic pollution, missing a self-imposed deadline, and agreed to extend...

Parties call for extension as plastic treaty talks falter

Delegates seeking the world’s first deal to curb plastic pollution began openly advocating for an extension of talks on Sunday, accusing a handful of...

Nations warn of ‘obstruction’ at plastic talks

Busan, South Korea—Dozens of countries warned Sunday that a handful of nations were obstructing efforts in South Korea to reach an ambitious landmark global treaty...

Waste pickers fight for recognition at plastic treaty talks

As diplomats negotiate behind closed doors in Busan on a treaty to curb plastic pollution, the waste pickers who are on the front lines...

To tackle plastic scourge, Philippines makes companies pay

Manila, Philippines—Long one of the world's top sources of ocean plastic, the Philippines is hoping new legislation requiring big companies to pay for waste solutions...

Plastic pollution treaty talks begin

BUSAN ­— A final round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution opened on Monday, with deep differences between nations emerging almost...

NFWM sailors run coastal clean-up drive in Zamboanga

The Philippine Navy’s Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) conducted a simultaneous coastal clean-up in Zamboanga Peninsula. NFWM Public Affairs Officer Lieutenant Chester Ross Cabaltera said...

PH plastic polluters and the dreadful effects of sachet-based consumption

Things may get worse and seas and oceans can become a huge garbage dump in the near future with a collapsed marine ecosystem. The Philippines’...

PH companies should do more to put an end to plastic pollution

The invasion of plastic wastes into the ocean will ultimately affect the livelihood of fishermen, curb fish production and endanger food security. It is no...
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