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Gov’t asked to adopt international policy against harmful chemicals

The EcoWaste Coalition, an environmental organization advocating for a zero waste and toxics-free society, asked the government to adopt a strong and global policy...

PH urged to be ‘proactive’ on waste concerns

The devastating methane gas explosion and subsequent landslide in Leuwigajah landfill in Bandung, Indonesia, should be a lesson for the Philippines to be “proactive’”...

China’s mass testing mantra is building a waste mountain

By Matthew Walsh Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China each day, leaving bins bursting with medical waste that has become...

Pollution behind 1 in 6 global deaths in 2019: study

By Kelly Macnamara Pollution caused some 9 million people to die prematurely in 2019, according to a new global report published Wednesday, with experts raising...

Sri Lanka completes return of illegal waste to Britain

Sri Lanka shipped out to Britain on Monday the last of several hundred containers filled with thousands of tonnes of illegally imported waste, officials...

Medical waste mounting, 1,000 MT collected daily

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has painted a giant heap of medical waste collected daily – estimated at 1,000 metric tons –...

DENR implements healthcare waste management as infectious medical waste hits 280 tons/day since COVID-19 outbreak

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will be implementing a healthcare waste management project in light of the huge waste problem brought...

Recycle tack

A man sorts plastic trash in Valenzuela City’s ‘May Balik sa Plastik’ citywide pilot program to recover waste laminates such as post-consumer sachets and...

No letup

Amphibious excavators continue to dredge waste from the waters of Manila Bay. 

New Zealand bans one-use plastic bags

Wellington"•New Zealand officially banned single-use plastic shopping bags Monday, introducing hefty fines for businesses that continue to provide them. Plastic pollution has become a growing...

Beware of sneaking garbage

"The Philippines is being targeted as a dumping ground due mainly to our inadequate controls at various ports of entry, according to a lawmaker."   Finally,...

Nobody’s treasure

The Canadian government this week said it would take back, at its own expense, some 100 containers, weighing around 2,500 tons, of household waste...

Bodybags, rats, waste: Disaster response turns to VR for grim training

By Delphine Thouvenot A Thai policewoman trudges through waste and ruined buildings looking for bodies—but she needs only a joystick and a virtual reality headset...

Philippines faces health and environmental risks amid lack of landfills

The Philippines is expected to move further towards urbanization as it grows and develops. Unfortunately, its solid waste infrastructure is unable to keep pace...
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