Browsing by Subject "wastes"

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    • In San Pablo lakes, metal intake curbed by worms 

      Ronda, Rainier Allan (The Philippine Star, October 27, 2016, on page -B-8)
      A University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB) study on a species of worms in the seven lakes of San Pablo, Laguna found that they prevent intake of heavy metals by fish and may also do the same for humans. The study ...

    • Iraqis clean up river as first green projects take root 

      Karim, Ammar (Manila Standard, April 11, 2022, on page B3)
      Garbage clogs the banks of Iraq’s Tigris River in Baghdad but an army of young volunteers is cleaning it, a rare environmental project in the war-battered country. With boots and gloves, they pick up soggy trash, water ...

    • Joining forces to combat plastic pollution 

      (Daily Tribune, September 4, 2023, on page F30)
      Plastic pollution has become a growing problem, negatively affecting many livelihoods and ecosystems sustained by oceans and waterways. Babyflo, a leading personal care brand under PHILUSA Corporation, has partnered with ...

    • Manila cleans up debris left by Florita 

      Cayabyab, Marc Jayson (The Philippine Star, August 25, 2022, on page 8)
      The Manila city government’s Department of Public Services (DPS) cleaned up the debris left by Severe Tropical Storm Florita on Tuesday. Personnel of the DPS collected garbage scattered along Quirino Avenue in Barangay ...

    • Melting Greenland ice may leak waste 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 27, 2016, on page A13)
      A snow-covered former US army base in Greenland — dubbed “a city under ice” — could leak pollutants into the environment as the climate changes, raising difficult questions over who is responsible for a clean-up. In 1959, ...

    • Melting Greenland ice threatens to expose Cold War waste 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, September 27, 2016, on page A6)
      A network of tunnels under the snow contained everything from research facilities to a hospital, a cinema and a church — all powered by a small, portable nuclear reactor. The pollutants left behind include PCBs used in ...

    • Mindoreños patrol for watershed protection 

      (The Manila Times, August 10, 2017, on page B6)
      Twenty-four community members from the municipalities of Naujan and Victoria in Oriental Mindoro attended the first training under the Bantay Gubat (forest warden) program conducted by the Haribon Foundation and funded by ...

    • More Chinese ships may be dumping waste at sea 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, July 16, 2021, on page S1/12)
      Chinese ships could also be dumping human wastes in other parts of the South China Sea claimed by the Philippines, US-based geospatial imagery firm Simularity, Inc. said on Thursday. Simularity’s earlier report showing ...

    • New LGU officials asked to prioritize environmental laws 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, May 20, 2019, on page 6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is calling on newly elected officials of local government units (LGUs) to prioritize the implementation of environmental laws, particularly on solid waste management. ...

    • No more illegal dump sites in Sasmuan riverbanks 

      Regala, Franco G. (Manila Bulletin, February 1, 2015, on page 14)
      There are no more illegal dump sites in Sasmuan and no more garbage on the riverbanks along Pampanga River going out to Manila Bay. Sasmuan Mayor Nardo Velasco confirmed this yesterday after he personally led the massive ...

    • Not all trade is good - the case of plastics waste 

      Kravchenko, Alexey (The Manila Times, January 8, 2020, on page A6)
      Currently, approximately 300 million tons of oil-based plastic waste are produced every year. A significant amount of plastic waste ends up in the oceans, having a detrimental effect on marine ecosystems and coastal ...

    • PEMSEA presents solutions to rid rivers of plastic waste for Earth Day 

      (DailyGuardian, April 21, 2022, on page 9-10)
      To celebrate Earth Day 2022, Pemsea (Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia) released a set of studies to help manage plastic waste entering the world's rivers. The five studies were launched ...

    • Phl major contributor to plastic in oceans 

      Mateo, Janvic (Philippine Star, May 3, 2018, on page B8)
      In the report focusing on land-based strategies to remove plastic waste in oceans, Ocean Conservancy said the Philippines is among five countries that contribute more than half of the plastic waste that enter the oceans.

    • Plastic trash found littering Mariana Trench in submarine dive 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, May 15, 2019, on page 19)
      On the deepest dive ever made by a human inside a submarine, a Texas investor and explorer found something he could have found in the gutter of nearly any street in the world: trash. Victor Vescovo, a retired naval officer, ...

    • Plastic wasteland: Asia's ocean pollution crisis 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, June 6, 2018, on page B5)
      A Vietnamese mangrove draped with polythene, a whale killed after swallowing waste bags in Thai seas and clouds of underwater trash near Indonesian “paradise” islands—grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped Asia.

    • Probe into marine pollution sought 

      Torregoza, Hannah L. (Manila Bulletin, July 7, 2015, on page 4)
      Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara is urging the Senate to investigate in aid of legislation the state and condition that could threaten the country's marine ecosystem and industry in the long run. In the Senate Resolution ...

    • QC council urges strict enforcement of waste management regulations 

      (The Manila Times, June 7, 2018, on page A7)
      The Quezon City Council has passed a resolution urging the Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department (EPWMD) to strictly implement in all barangay (villages) rules and regulations for the collection, segregation ...

    • Save PHL Seas, Coca-Cola PH team up again to support community-based solutions on plastic waste 

      (DailyGuardian, July 19, 2022, on page 8-10)
      Reimagine Recycling, an annual program that aims to scale plastic waste solutions and promote a circular economy, is calling on individuals and groups that currently implement community-based plastic waste solution programs ...

    • Senators want law banning plastic 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, June 8, 2018, on page A3)
      Senators Juan Miguel Zubiri and Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel on Thursday sought a law banning the use of single-use plastic amid reports that the Philippines is the third worst plastic polluter of oceans. Sen. Cynthia Villar, ...

    • 'Waste-to-energy plant answer to garbage woes' 

      Aguirre, Jun (Panay News, May 11, 2018, on page 13)
      A waste-to-energy plant is planned to be built in mainland Malay, Aklan to help solve the garbage problem not only in this famed island resort but also the entire province.