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The country needs more infrastructure for segregation, recovery, and recycling to properly address the growing plastic waste ...
SHELL Philippines has delivered a set of 110 bike racks made from 3,000 kilograms (kg) of plastic waste around Metro Manila ...
Canadian-based company Plastic Bank has removed globally from the environment about 8.2 billion bottles and collected 162 ...
This year, the Republic of Korea is hosting World Environment Day. Observed on 5 June, the day this year spotlights solutions ...
Plastic does not degrade for hundreds, even thousands, of years, so “there is no end of life to plastic, only end of use,” ...
The National Plastic Action Partnership ... country’s pressing plastic pollution problem. Flexible plastics, like sachets, are used extensively in the Philippines, but low recycling rates ...
Some 20 million people globally collect plastic waste to make a living. In developing countries without formal reuse and ...
Four pictures that won the World Press Photo Contest 2025 from different categories highlighted the amplified environmental ...
Plastics, once hailed as a revolutionary invention, have become an environmental menace. The world produces over 400 million ...
As the world grapples with the continued rise of plastic pollution across marine and freshwater ecosystems, developing economies such as the Philippines ...
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DENR seeks end to plastic pollution
DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) officials called on the public to help beat plastic pollution during ...
Used in everything from water bottles to medical devices to building materials to clothes; plastic is a given in our daily lives. Yet, only about 9 per cent of plastic is recycled — the rest ends up ...