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Tougher steps needed to curb plastic pollution

The biggest global voluntary effort to tackle plastic pollution and waste shows it is possible to make progress on a pressing environmental issue, yet...

PCX joins global campaign vs. plastic pollution

The global community is poised to take another step closer to its goal to win the war against plastic waste in the upcoming meeting...

Jumbo problem: Sri Lanka’s battle with plastic pollution

Heart-wrenching images of revered elephants and cattle eating plastic in Sri Lanka have prompted politicians to toughen pollution laws, but sceptical conservationists warn past...

Loyzaga urges private firms to tackle plastic pollution, preserve ecosystem

Environment Secretary Antonia Loyzaga has called on the business community to deal with plastic pollution to avoid the destruction of the country’s ecosystems. Loyzaga sought...

QC joins crusade vs. plastic pollution with innovative store-based refill hubs

QUEZON City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Wednesday announced that the city would lead the fight against plastic pollution through variety (sari-sari) store based-refill hubs...

#BeatPlasticPollution

A scavenger collects plastic bottles along Manila Bay on Sunday ahead of the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day today (Monday, June 5, 2023)....

Solution to plastic pollution

WE JOIN more than 150 countries today in marking the 50th anniversary of the UN-organized World Environment Day event under the campaign #BeatPlasticPollution. The world,...

UN outlines roadmap to slash global plastic pollution by 80%

Plastic pollution could drop by 80 percent by 2040 if countries and companies make deep policy and market shifts using existing technologies, a new...

Coming years ‘critical’ to slash plastic pollution: UN

Paris, France - The world must halve single-use plastics and slash throwaway consumption to stem the tide of environmental pollution, according to a UN report...

World must work together to tackle plastic ocean threat: WWF

"Tiny fragments of plastic have reached even the most remote and seemingly-pristine regions of the planet." By Stéphane Orjollet Plastic has infiltrated all parts of the...

Solon hails approval of bill on plastic wastes in PH

Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar welcomed the approval of a consolidated measure designed to hold companies responsible for recycling to address...

WTO members to target fossil fuel subsidies

Geneva, Switzerland—Dozens of countries pledged on Wednesday to intensify efforts to get rid of fossil fuel subsidies and tackle plastics pollution in an effort...

Texas bears brunt of US plastic pollution

Former shrimper Diane Wilson watches in disgust as a Taiwan-owned factory in Texas spews millions of plastic pellets into the Matagorda Bay. For years Wilson...

No plastic allowed in the ocean

By Ellicia Frentzen Del Mundo The plastic pollution crisis continues to worsen at an alarming rate especially today in the wake of the pandemic. Every...
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