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.
Plastic waste remains a huge problem amid the pandemic, but makers of fast-moving consumer goods remain stuck in waste retrieval and co-processing measures that barely make an impact.
The report said the world’s addiction to single-use plastic is a serious contributor to the climate crisis.
Marihangin residents voiced strong opposition to the project during the May 2 hearing, with many refusing to sign attendance sheets over fears their signatures might be misused to imply support
PDG advocates for sustainable agriculture, disaster relief, and the rights of small farmers and fisherfolk
“As members of the Church, we reaffirm our mission ‘to defend the rights of the Indigenous people, guarding them against violators’”
This year marks the 10th year of Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’s letter that called on all people to take urgent action against the climate crisis
The Jubilee has now opened so that all people may receive hope, the hope of the Gospel, the hope of love, and hope of forgiveness