Browsing The Philippine Star by Subject "ocean dumping"

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    • DENR to probe China waste dumping in Spratlys 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, July 14, 2021, on page 3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has expressed deep concern over alleged reports of China’s waste dumping in the West Philippine Sea. DENR Undersecretary for solid waste management and local ...

    • Gov't should enforce law on reclamation - Oceana 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, March 28, 2019, on page B6)
      A conservation group last Tuesday urged the government to uphold and enforce the law in several reclamation projects submitted to the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) for process. “We are alarmed by the apparent ...

    • Koko, Zubiri pushing plastic use reduction 

      Sy, Marvin (The Philippine Star, June 8, 2018, on page 9)
      Senators Aquilino Pimentel III and Juan Miguel Zubiri are pushing for a reduction in the use of plastic in the country amid reports that the Philippines is one of the biggest sources of plastic waste dumped into the oceans. ...

    • LLDA eyes shutdown of 5 more firms 

      Ramirez, Robertzon (The Philippine Star, July 3, 2018, on page 11)
      The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) is investigating five firms for operating without necessary permits and violating environmental laws. LLDA general manager Jaime Medina said the five firms may be shut down after ...

    • Manufacturers urged to help protect seas, freshwater areas 

      Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, December 28, 2017, on page B4)
      Sen. Cynthia Villar has renewed her call to the public to help protect and maintain the cleanliness of the country's seas and freshwater areas, which are sources of food and other resources. Villar, who chairs the Senate ...

    • Plastic trash found littering Mariana Trench in submarine dive 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, May 15, 2019, on page 19)
      On the deepest dive ever made by a human inside a submarine, a Texas investor and explorer found something he could have found in the gutter of nearly any street in the world: trash. Victor Vescovo, a retired naval officer, ...

    • Saving the oceans 

      Gamboa, Rey (The Philippine Star, June 21, 2018, on page B8-B9)
      Our oceans are in crisis. Plastic waste dumped in our waterways and spilling out into the oceans was estimated at eight million tons last year. That’s equivalent to a dump truck full of water bottles, nappies, and other ...

    • Talking about pollution: Plastic is very much on our menu 

      Kricke, Gordon (The Philippine Star, June 7, 2018, on page 7)
      There is a massive dump of floating plastic garbage in the Pacific Ocean. It is huge and it is growing. The so called “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” is with approximately 1.6 million sq km about as big as Central Europe. ...