The Ormoc City Single-Use Plastic Products Regulation Ordinance of 2021 (City Ordinance No. 51) resulted in a 71% drop in waste collected in 2022 during river, lake banks, and coastal cleanups initiated by the city government and private organizations.
More than 60 youth leaders and faculty members of Jose Rizal Memorial State University (JRMSU) in Dapitan City, Zamboanga Del Norte pledged their commitment to pave the way for a low-carbon, plastic-free, and climate-resilient university community.
The Climate Change Commission (CCC), the government’s lead policymaking and coordinating body on climate change, is joining forces with The Climate Reality Project Philippines to bring Klima Eskwela: Climate Science, Adaptation, Arts, and Action to more communities in the coming months.
Recognizing the urgent need to address the pressing environmental challenges facing our planet, around 50 students from Palawan State University (PSU) pledged their unwavering commitment to creating a low-carbon, plastic-free, and climate-resilient university community
The enactment of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act of 2022 is a good start but more transformational and progressive policies, programs, and business practices are needed to enable a circular economy for the Philippines.
In our column Eleventh Hour this week, Pinoy Climate Reality Leader Ian Soqueño wrote about why the newly enacted Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act should be a means toward the eventual ban on single-use plastics.
