Browsing Panay News by Subject "plastics"
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Addressing the plastic problem
(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 ... -
'Big Western brands pollute oceans with cheap plastic'
(Panay News,September 24, 2017 , on page 7)Western consumer giants are polluting oceans by selling products packaged in cheap, disposable plastic to Filipinos, Greenpeace has claimed - naming Nestle, Unilever and Procter and Gamble among the worst offenders. The ... -
Conscious efforts vs. plastics
(Panay News,September 9, 2018 , on page 8)Can we end plastic pollution? Plastics have been polluting land and bodies of water and threaten marine life and human health. Plastics are ubiquitous components of the world’s consumer culture. They symbolize the throwaway ... -
DENR-Antique to monitor, launch trash clean -up
(Panay News,May 17, 2019 , on page 13)Immediately, some local government units cleaned the mess left by the 2019 midterm elections but the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)- Antique will ensure the clean-up to the remotest place. " Our ... -
DENR: Protect ocean for the future
(Panay News,May 14, 2020 , on page 9-11)“You're not a wave you’re part of the ocean,” says Mitch Albom. Who doesn’t love the ocean? Each of us enjoys the breeze from the blue crystal waters and the cool, soft sands on our feet. Either white or blackish sand, ... -
Don't forget the Environment
(Panay News,July 24, 2018 , on page 8)We would have wanted to hear the President emphasize ecological solutions to the waste and pollution problems afflicting the country in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) yesterday. It would have driven home his ... -
Environmental group to sue NSWMC for 'inaction' on plastic pollution
(Panay News,June 28, 2021 , on page 15)A marine conservation group is eyeing to sue the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) for its alleged inaction to solve the problem of plastic pollution. The marine conservation group Oceana, in a statement ... -
Iloilo Declaration presses marine pollution reduction
(Panay News,November 28, 2018 , on page 2)ILOILO City – East Asian countries will pledge to reduce marine pollution. It is one of the key items in the “Iloilo Ministerial Declaration on East Asian Region, Moving as One to Secure Healthy Oceans, People and Economies”, ... -
Juvenile whale dies after refusing to return to open seas
(Panay News,May 3, 2018 , on page B-9)The total number of dead cetaceans found in Mindanao shores is now at 57, according to a non-government organization specializing in the care, rescue, and protection of marine animals. D’Bone Museum curator Darrell ... -
Living without destructive plastic (Continued from July 8, 2021)
(Panay News,July 9, 2021 , on page 10)Birds are dying by the thousands from eating plastic items. Penguins, albatrosses and many sea gulls have died as a result of eating floating or submerged plastics. Thousands of dolphins, sharks, whales and turtles are ... -
Malay council members divided over env't fee hike
(Panay News,July 15, 2018 , on page 14-15)Members of the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) have differing takes on the proposed increase of the environmental fee for tourists in the world-famous Boracay Island. SB member Maylynn Aguirre-Graf is proposing to increase the fee ... -
Manufacturers clutching at straws as war on plastic rages
(Panay News,July 4, 2018 , on page B3-B6)Under pressure from activists, the European Union, Britain, India and even fast food giants like McDonald’s have all made some headway towards bringing the use of plastic straws to an end. According to peer-reviewed US ... -
Parola 'plastic pollution'
(Panay News,November 4, 2021 , on page 9)Paging the officials and personnel of the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources 9DENR) based in Iloilo City. Palihog pagtamwa man kamo sa into opisina and check the Parola wharf, specifically ... -
PH tries to turn tide on fish loss
(Panay News,November 30, 2018 , on page B1-B6)One of the biggest threats to the sustainability of marine life is plastic pollution and the Philippines is now the third highest contributor to plastic pollution in the world's oceans, according to Greenpeace Philippines. ... -
Phl major contributor to plastic in oceans
(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
(Panay News,June 8, 2018 , on page 8)Plastic waste prevention and the genuine enforcement of best practices in ecological solid waste management sans incineration and open burning is the way to go to tackle the plastic scourge that has now become a global ... -
Plastic pollution
(Panay News,July 1, 2017 , on page 8)A study on plastic wastes generated by coastal countries and entering the oceans should serve as a wakeup call to the Philippine government, the industry, and the public in general. It placed our country the third highest ... -
Pollution in the ocean and more, 2
(Panay News,November 11, 2023 , on page 8)Rain forests are being destroyed and global warming due to human activity i s killing off the vital life sustaining phytoplanktons that could save us by absorbing CO2. The human species, many of whom are ignorant, are ... -
'Practice proper waste mgt, save forests, seas': Citizen mobilization drive for env’t protection launched
(Panay News,July 4, 2018 , on page 13)Environment secretary Roy Cimatu urged the youth to practice proper waste segregation to save the environment from degradation. “Bilang mga kabataan, siguraduhin nating huwag tayong magkalat sa kung saan-saan. Clean as you ... -
Saving the seas from plastic pollution
(Panay News,April 29, 2021 , on page 6-14)The video of a marine biologist removing a plastic straw stuck in a sea turtle’s nose in August 2015 catalyzed a larger movement to eliminate single-use plastics, like plastic straws, from our day-to-day lives. Marine ...