EPR must be reinforced with regulations banning single-use plastics, adding the policy should focus on the reduction and minimization of wastes generated at source.
Environmental advocates on November 24 have debunked claims that waste-to-energy (WtE) incinerators will bring “sustainability” and “stability” to communities.
The groups said the country’s policies and systems in the power sector “promote destructive and costly energy” but fail to protect the interest of the consumers.
“Don’t be afraid to criticize! We need your criticism. Many of you, for example, are critical of environmental pollution. We need this! Be free in criticism,” said the pontiff.
The resolution, which is first of its kind in Southeast Asia and the Global South, recognized that there is an “urgency to craft and adopt a PGND for a just and green economic recovery and a historic break from systemic crises and injustices.”
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