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    • 1,500 volunteers in beach cleanup 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette (Manila Bulletin, February 11, 2019, on page 16)
      Over 1,500 volunteers took part in a beach clean-up in Borongan City, Eastern Samar Saturday. Cherrie Ann Calacal, president of the Borongan City Tour Guides Association which spearheaded the activity, said aside from the ...

    • 10,000 volunteers join coastal cleanup drive 

      Antonio, Raymund F. (Manila Bulletin, September 20, 2015, on page 9)
      Some 10,000 participants responded to the call to help protect marine environment and actively took part in the annual International Coastal Cleanup Day along the Manila Bay shoreline. The volunteers, armed with gloves, ...

    • 100,000 Pinoys join coastal cleanup 

      Chavez, Chito A. (Manila Bulletin, September 21, 2013, on page 2)
      More than 100,000 Filipino volunteers are expected to descend on beaches, coasts, waterways and underwater dive sites on Saturday to pick up marine trash and debris as the Philippines joins the rest of the world in celebrating ...

    • 14M tons of trash stuck in ocean floor - study 

      Global Times (The Manila Times, October 10, 2020, on page B9)
      Australia’s national science agency has found that there are about 14 million tons of small plastic pieces on the ocean floor. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Csiro) published a world-first ...

    • 2 tons of waste fished from Calahunan Creek 

      PIO (DailyGuardian, May 5, 2019, on page 2)
      The Iloilo City General Services Office (GSO) collected more or less two tons of waste from Calahunan Creek in Mandurriao district during a cleanup drive on May 17, 2019. The activity was part of the Department of Environment ...

    • 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 ...

    • 25 tons of waste collected in cities of Cebu, Talisay 

      JJL; JKV (SunStar Philippines, June 20, 2021, on page 4)
      The Cebu City Coastal Management Task Force (CMTF) collected 13 tons of garbage during a four-hour cleanup on Saturday, June 19, 2021. CMTF subcommittee chairman Reymar Hijara said plastic made up 78 percent of the garbage ...

    • 31 LGUs sign petition banning single-use plastic 

      (The Manila Times, November 23, 2020, on page C5)
      A petition for a nationwide ban on the use of single-use plastic has been signed by 31 coastal local government units (LGUs). Faced with twin problems of massive flooding and uncontrollable material waste, LGUs in the ...

    • 3k cu m of trash silt in Bay rehab 

      Zurbano, Joel E. (Manila Standard, May 23, 2019, on page A6)
      The Metro Manila Development Authority announced on Wednesday it has collected at total of 3,018 cubic meters of rubbish and silt from Roxas Boulevard and waterways as part of the Manila Bay Rehabilitation project in nearly ...

    • Addressing the plastic problem 

      Angara, Sonny (Panay News, September 13, 2019, on page 10-14)
      The problem with plastic materials is that many of them last forever. While some types are considered biodegradable, many require industrial-level processes to be recycled or broken down to harmless materials. Plastics ...

    • Again, on solid waste management 

      Aspillera, Dahli (Malaya, July 23, 2018, on page B5)
      Following the habagat for Southwest monsoon rains that flooded many parts of Metro Manila this week, a team from the group Basura Patrol went to the Manila Bay area and found plastic bags, straws, and other disposables, ...

    • All that trash 

      (BusinessWorld, July 23, 2018, on page S1/10)
      Workers over the weekend trying to clean out rubbish washed ashore in Manila Bay by strong waves brought about by monsoon rains that have been intensified by a series of typhoons passing through the northern part of the ...

    • 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 ...

    • Apparel brand pledges for cleaner beaches 

      (Manila Standard, December 18, 2018, on page C2)
      International beach apparel brand Reef pledges to make sure beaches stay clean and healthy. To achieve this, Reef is targeting to accomplish 1,500 beach cleanups, remove 150,000 lbs of trash and engage 30,000 volunteers ...

    • Asean may tackle sea disputes; garbage dumping not on agenda 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Philippine Star, June 21, 2019, on page 1-4)
      Bitter disputes over competing claims in the South China Sea are likely to surface at the two-day Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting starting Saturday in this Thai capital after the sinking of a Filipino ...

    • Asia’s ocean pollution crisis 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, June 6, 2018, on page 2)
      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 ...

    • ATI joins Coast Guard, stakeholders in bay cleanup 

      (The Manila Times, September 29, 2018, on page B12)
      Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) recently teamed up with the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary, the city government of Manila, local schools and other maritime and business stakeholders in cleaning up the shores of Manila Bay in ...

    • Avoiding Boracay trash build-up tackled 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, November 16, 2018, on page 14)
      Iloilo City now that Boracay in Aklan has reopened, long-term remedies are being sought to minimize trash build-up at the resort island. "It is important that the Boracay people know the existing problems on solid waste. ...

    • Baguio City after Boracay 

      Espina, Erik (Manila Bulletin, January 10, 2019, on page 6)
      The timely intervention of President Rodrigo Duterte in closing Boracay for rehabilitation is to be applauded, given the political, and the moral will, to save the pristine beaches and bucolic lifestyle of the world-famous ...

    • Bali declares 'garbage emergency' amid sea of waste 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, December 29, 2017, on page B5)
      Bali’s palm-fringed Kuta beach has long been a favorite with tourists seeking sun and surf, but nowadays its golden shoreline is disappearing under a mountain of garbage. Plastic straws and food packaging are strewn between ...