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Green groups criticize 'half-baked' single-use plastic ban in gov't offices

By Gaea Katreena Cabico | February 25, 2020 - 4:13pm

Environment groups criticized the resolution, saying the approach to prevent single-use and throw-away packaging is miss...

Headlines

Thai retailers ban single-use plastic bags

January 3, 2020 - 9:15am

Thailand is one of the largest contributors to ocean pollution, with plastic bags recently turning up in the stomachs...

World

Commentary: The politics of waste and waste in politics

By Edwin Santiago | November 30, 2019 - 5:32pm

The alarm about looming environmental disasters has been sounded off a couple of decades ago. But, the discourse on the topic...

News Commentary

Certify bill banning single-use plastics as priority, Greenpeace tells Duterte

By Gaea Katreena Cabico | November 8, 2019 - 4:10pm

Avoiding the manufacture of single-use plastics, according to Greenpeace, is the solution to the country’s plastic pollution...

Headlines

Beloved baby dugong 'Mariam' dies in Thailand with plastic in stomach

August 17, 2019 - 11:46am

A sick baby dugong whose fight for recovery won hearts in Thailand and cast a spotlight on ocean conservation has died from...

Lifestyle Features

Pangilinan seeks ban on single-use plastic

By Gaea Katreena Cabico | July 4, 2019 - 5:24pm

Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is waging a war on single-use plastic products.

Headlines

DENR backs ban on single-use plastics in Boracay

By Louise Maureen Simeon | September 3, 2018 - 12:00am

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is supporting the initiative of the local government of Malay,...

Headlines