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.
The sheer number of local ordinances on single-use plastics means that there is a clamor for a national law that will comprehensively and effectively address them, advocates said during the second episode of Klima Ug Kalikupan, a joint webcast series by Cebu Technological University (CTU) and The Climate Reality Project Philippines.
Ahead of the Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) Day on June 27, we talked to Pinoy Climate Reality Leader Nicole Bernice Limlengo about the government’s efforts to help MSMEs cope with the impacts of climate change and enabling them to pursue a low-carbon pathway.
Stakeholders from across the tourism value chain need to unlearn old habits and embrace new tourism business practices hinged on sustainability, Pinoy Climate Reality Leader Aphrodite Cruz wrote in our Manila Bulletin column Eleventh Hour this week.
The plastic crisis’s connection to the climate emergency and environmental justice impacts are undeniable. The cost of the continued dependence by corporations on single-use plastics and planned expansion of plastic production are too high to be ignored.
To ensure the safety of Filipinos and our environment from such impacts, the undersigned environmental, public health and civil society organizations are calling on consumer goods companies such as Nestle, Coca-Cola and Unilever and the plastic industry to urgently phase out single-use plastics packaging and adopt reuse systems.
