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We're so plastic

dc.contributor.authorBeltran, Cito
dc.coverage.spatialPhilippinesen
dc.coverage.spatialChinaen
dc.coverage.spatialIndonesiaen
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-22T05:19:49Z
dc.date.available2019-05-22T05:19:49Z
dc.date.issued2019-03-13
dc.identifier.citationBeltran, C. (2019, March 13). We're so plastic. The Philippine Star, p. 12.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/6056
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPhilippine Star Printing Co., Inc.en
dc.relation.urihttps://www.philstar.com/opinion/2019/03/13/1900949/were-so-plasticen
dc.titleWe're so plasticen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitleThe Philippine Staren
dc.citation.firstpage12en
local.subject.classificationPN20190313_12en
local.descriptionFilipinos throw away 164 million pieces of sachet packets daily. In one year or annually, estimates indicate that around 59.8 billion sachets are used – sold – discarded in the Philippines. On the average adult Filipinos, each uses 591 pieces of sachet products a year, 174 plastic shopping bags, and 163 plastic “Labo” bags often used to wrap cooked food, wet market products or meats. 57 million plastic bags are used daily (20.6 billion annually), while the use of plastic “Labo” bags is at 45.2 million per day (16.5 billion pieces annually) most of which are thrown into garbage dumps or end up in canals, waterways, and the sea.en
local.subject.personalnameLegarda, Loren
local.subject.corporatenameMckinsey Centre for Business and Environmenten
local.subject.corporatenameOcean Conservancy Charityen
local.subject.corporatenameGlobal Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)en
local.subject.corporatenameMother Earth Foundationen
local.subject.corporatenameGreenpeace Southeast Asiaen
dc.subject.agrovocplasticsen
dc.subject.agrovocpollutantsen
dc.subject.agrovocwater pollutionen
dc.subject.agrovocMan-induced effectsen
dc.subject.agrovocenvironmental protectionen
dc.subject.agrovocenvironmental restorationen


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