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abtest

Government urged to rethink proposed tax on single-use plastic

By Louella Desiderio | August 26, 2024 - 12:00am

The government should reconsider the proposal to impose excise tax on single-use plastic bags and take into account the country’s...

Business

Gov't asked to release list of non-environmentally acceptable products

By Ian Laqui | July 14, 2024 - 5:37pm

In a 44-page decision by the former tenth division special division of five promulgated on July 9, 2024, the appellate court...

Headlines

Excise tax on single-use plastics to yield P34 billion

By Louise Maureen Simeon | March 26, 2024 - 12:00am

The move to slap excise taxes on single-use plastics is seen generating P34 billion for the government and curbing the increasing...

Business

Blue whales eat 10 million pieces of microplastic a day — study

By Daniel Lawler | November 3, 2022 - 9:39am

Blue whales consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day, research estimated Tuesday, suggesting that the omnipresent...

Climate and Environment

Quezon City’s trash program covers bills payment

By Janvic Mateo | December 23, 2021 - 12:00am

Quezon City residents can now pay electricity and other bills using accumulated points from exchanging recyclable and single use plastics under the local government’s “Trash to Cashback” waste trading...

Nation

Champion rowing team of cancer survivors also battles plastic pollution

By Kristine Joy Patag | March 4, 2020 - 9:30am

Lawyer Gloria Estenzo Ramos, vice president of Oceana Philippines, said that policymakers should take inspiration from the...

Science and Environment

7 of 10 Filipinos want ban on single-use plastics

By Rhodina Villanueva | January 22, 2020 - 12:00am

Seven in 10 Filipinos want single-use plastics to be banned at all times, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey...

Headlines

D&L sees strong potential for biodegradable plastic product

By Iris Gonzales | December 17, 2019 - 12:00am

Specialty foods ingredients, plastics and oleochemicals firm D&L Industries is ready to provide businesses a solution to the looming ban on single-use plastics through its newest product, biodegradable plastics...

Business

EDITORYAL – Single-use plastics ibabawal na sa QC

December 3, 2019 - 12:00am

WALA pang lungsod sa Metro Manila na nagbabawal sa single-use plastics.

Punto Mo

Tama na, sobra na ang single use plastics

By Butch M. Quejada | November 9, 2019 - 12:00am

MUKHANG nagmumuni-muni si Boss Digong na ipagbawal ang paggamit ng plastik sa Philippines my Philippines.

Punto Mo