Data
Has the Philippines created a garbage problem too big to dig its way out of?
As more disposal sites reach their limits, new ones are built to take in the country’s heaping trash, contradicting sustainable waste management practices and pledges.
By Jelo Ritzhie Mantaring·May 19, 2024
Environment
Implementation of law requiring PH firms to manage plastic wastes still falls short
As of Dec. 5, 2023, only 798 of the 4,000 enterprises covered by the law have registered their EPR program – which states the mode of recovery and volume of waste to be recovered…
By Elyssa Lopez·December 18, 2023
Environment
The Philippines is finally going after plastic producers but some companies are not cooperating
‘There are some companies, which may not have sustainability as a priority, that are still in denial that they are mandated to do the EPR law,’ says Crispin Lao, executive director…
By Elyssa Lopez·September 7, 2023
Environment
Philippine towns, cities are paying high cost of waste management. Plastic producers should help
Quezon City is paying an average of P1.6 billion annually for solid waste management. An imperfect new law mandating plastic producing companies to collect their materials – if…
By Elyssa Lopez·September 7, 2023
Environment
Environmentalists are lukewarm about Marcos’ call to tax single-use plastics
Environmentalists have long called for a ban on single-use plastics, unconvinced that taxing the product would result in significant reduction of the country’s plastic waste.
By Elyssa Lopez·July 26, 2023
Environment
Health, environment concerns are raised as Philippine cement plants burn plastic wastes for fuel
The DENR has pushed cement plants to burn plastic municipal wastes as alternative fuel to help address the country’s solid waste problem. But critics are raising health concerns…
By Elyssa Lopez·August 11, 2022
Environment
Are PH consumer goods companies doing enough to tackle plastic waste?
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…
By Elyssa Lopez·November 1, 2021
Data
Data: Sources of Plastic Waste
READ: Are PH consumer goods companies doing enough to tackle plastic waste? In 2015, the Philippines was named as one of the top producers of marine waste in the report titled…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism Pcij·October 28, 2021
Environment
44M kilos of fertilizer from South Korea shipped to Philippine landfill
It was intended as an ‘alternative daily cover’ for the sanitary landfill of Carrascal town in Surigao del Sur, but a local environment officer points out there is no study that it…
By Carmela Fonbuena·July 29, 2021
