Browsing The Daily Guardian by Subject "plastics"

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    • Communities pollute coastal waters 

      Santiagudo, Emme Rose (The Daily Guardian, April 4, 2019, on page 1-14)
      An estimated 17, 991 kilos of plastic and residual wastes were collected during the city government’s “One Time Big Time” coastal cleanup on March 30, 2019, based on a report of City Environmental and Natural Resources ...

    • DENR-6 chief calls for ban on plastic products 

      (The Daily Guardian, July 21, 2018, on page 13-14)
      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 Regional Director Jim O. Sampulna asked the public to avoid using plastic products, especially single-use plastic. For the record, there are about 8 million metric ...

    • 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 ...

    • Earth Day 2018 inspires volunteering activities at Globe 

      (The Daily Guardian, June 5, 2018, on page 12-13)
      As part of its volunteerism — or “volunteaming”—efforts to celebrate Earth Day, one of the world’s most important environment care-related events, Globe employees shared their time and skills by participating in various ...

    • Environmental advocates fight plastic pollution 

      (The Daily Guardian, September 29, 2018, on page 12-13)
      The International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) 2018 has mobilized various companies and organizations in the shared advocacy of cleanup of bodies of water while fostering awareness on the global issue of marine debris. The ...

    • 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 ...

    • Heed Pope Francis' appeal to end culture of waste 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (The Daily Guardian, January 22, 2015, on page 7)
      Zero Waste, according to Aquino’s Proclamation 760, “is a goal that is ethical, economical, efficient and visionary to guide people in changing their lifestyles and practices to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where ...

    • 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” ...

    • World's fish by the numbers: How the seas of East Asia play an important role in global fish production 

      (The Daily Guardian, November 16, 2018, on page 10-14)
      There are plenty of fish in the sea – but not for long, if we continue to fish unsustainably. In recent weeks, Philippine media reported on the shortage of bangus, and rising prices of staple fish like tilapia and galunggong. ...