Browsing The Philippine Star by Subject "micro-plastic pollution"

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    • EU launches plastic management program in Southeast Asia 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, October 18, 2018, on page B6)
      The European Union will launch next year a program that aims to help countries in East and Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, implement better plastic waste management. “(There are) two central problems we are ...

    • House panel OKs ban on microplastics 

      Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, September 13, 2018, on page B8)
      Rep. Rodel Batocabe of party-list Ako Bicol said the House committee on ecology headed by Nueva Ecija Rep. Estrellita Suansing gave its green light to House Bill 8120, or the “Microplastics Ban Act of 2018.” “This time the ...

    • Letting the oceans breathe 

      Digay, Star (The Philippine Star, May 16, 2017, on page 6)
      Plastic pollution has been eating our waters because of our irresponsible garbage disposal and lack of waste management. Last May 12, a ‘dead whale’ visited the shores of Naic, Cavite. The giant marine creature was spilling ...

    • Marine plastic pollution poses threat to food security – Oceana 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, July 13, 2021, on page B6)
      Marine conservation group Oceana Philippines is urging the country to act against marine plastic pollution due to its potential threats to the country’s food security. In a statement, Oceana vice president Gloria Estenzo ...