Browsing The Daily Guardian by Subject "Litter"

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    • 2018 International Coastal Cleanup 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (The Daily Guardian, September 14, 2018, on page 17)
      Every September, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) participates in the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) a global movement that provides opportunity to make a difference in the deterioration of ...

    • Almost half of Boracay's wastes is biodegradable 

      Santiagudo, Emme Rose (The Daily Guardian, October 31, 2018, on page 1-15)
      The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) emphasized that waste management in the newly rehabilitated Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan should be the every person’s concern. Engr. Rowen Gelonga, DOST-Western Visayas ...

    • Cebu Pacific joins International Coastal Cleanup Initiative 

      (The Daily Guardian, October 6, 2018, on page 13)
      As part of our Juan Effect program, CEB volunteers in Manila and Cebu joined the 2018 International Coastal Clean-Up (ICC). The global movement, launched more than 30 years ago by the environmental advocacy group Ocean ...

    • 'Coastal cleanup is just the beginning' 

      Santiagudo, Emme Rose (The Daily Guardian, April 1, 2019, on page 2-14)
      The Iloilo City government’s “One Time Big Time” coastal cleanup on March 30, 2019 is only the beginning of a longer journey towards the restoration of the coastal waters in Iloilo City, according to Mayor Jose Espinosa ...

    • DENR to rehabilitate Manila Bay using same strategy as Boracay 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) (The Daily Guardian, December 20, 2018, on page 13)
      Buoyed by the success of the Boracay Rehabilitation, The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is preparing to Embark on a highly ambitious and more complicated endeavor restoring manila bay to its pristine ...

    • DENR-6 wages war on plastic straws 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (The Daily Guardian, November 2, 2018, on page 12-13)
      The war against beating plastic pollution is becoming widespread, awakening the consciousness of people around the world of its dangerous effects. In order to raise awareness about our plastic pollution problem, the ...

    • Early reopening possible if... 

      Rendon, Jennifer P. (The Daily Guardian, July 7, 2018, on page 1-14)
      The DENR called for a closed-door meeting to update residents on the rehabilitation efforts done on the island. Boracay was sealed off to tourists in April 2018 to undergo six months of rehabilitation and cleanup. It is ...

    • Food wrappers top list of collected garbage 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (The Daily Guardian, October 26, 2018, on page 15)
      Collected food wrappers numbering to 7,047 topped the list of collected garbage during the International Coastal Clean-up (ICC), which cleaned the 5-kilometer stretch of coastal areas of Brgy. Sto. Niño Sur in Arevalo ...

    • Garbage booms set up to keep Iloilo River clean. 

      De los Santos, Maricyn A. (The Daily Guardian, July 18, 2017, on page B7)
      The Iloilo city government through the City Agriculture Office has the installation of garbage boom in bodies of water here to track the barangays which are sources of garbage found in Iloilo River. Garbage boom is a ...

    • Jaro river cleanup underway 

      Ordales, Thessalonia (The Daily Guardian, June 8, 2018, on page 5-15)
      A total of 24 Iloilo City barangay officials of villages along the waterway joined the workshop for Jaro River Clean-Up this month held at Panay Power Training Center in Brgy. Ingore, La Paz on June 1, 2018. The initiative ...

    • Lessons from the ongoing Manila Bay rehab 

      Mana-ay, Edgar (The Daily Guardian, February 26, 2019, on page 4)
      For almost 100 years, Manila Bay has been abused, misused, and mistreated by Filipinos living around the bay, from Cavite to Manila to Bulacan. Just like our Iloilo Rivers and seas, it has been a symbol of environmental ...

    • Sardines for plastic garbage 

      Celino, Felipe (The Daily Guardian, July 11, 2018, on page 2-14)
      Residents who can gather a sack of plastic garbage from the beach line of Baybay village here will be rewarded with sardines. This was the offer of former senator and interior and local government secretary Manuel “Mar” ...

    • Underwater cleanup continues in Boracay 

      Ferrer, Cindy (The Daily Guardian, May 24, 2018, on page 2)
      Underwater and coral reefs cleanup in Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan continues as part of six-month closure and rehabilitation. Lt. Ramil Palabrica, commander of the Philippine Coast Guard in Malay station, said several ...