Plastic straws, stirrers to be banned in the Philippines DENR
Published February 3, 2021 11:05am As the world celebrates International Straw Free Day, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Wednesday said plastic soft drink straws and coffee stirrers will be banned soon in the country. In a statement, DENR said these items have been included in the list of non-environmentally acceptable products (NEAP) as deliberated by the National Solid Waste Management Commission on Tuesday. Under the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 or Republic Act 9003, items that will be included in the list should be prohibited as scheduled by the Commission.
sachet, packaging, or products that are multilayered with other materials The list, the groups said, was drawn from the NSWMC Resolution No. 1363 (Series of 2020) on the unnecessary single-use plastics, the five Gyres Better-Alternatives-Now Global Ban Recommendation, Ocean Conservancy’s 2019 International Coastal Clean-up most common items found in the Philippines, 2020 Social Weather Survey Stations Survey, Break Free from Plastic Philippines Project 2020 Brand Audit Report, and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources 2020 Coastal Clean Up Data. Councilor Lalaine Marcos of Ormoc City, which implemented a week-long ban on single-use plastics, called on the Commission to expedite banning single-use plastics. Ramos, meanwhile, said the NEAPP list should be updated every year.