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Published January 28, 2021, 10:55 AM
Karen Ibasco
Celebrities who are also climate action advocates recount their “green” efforts to help save energy and throw support behind R.E.START, the Renewable Energy Transition Awareness campaign of Oxfam Pilipinas.
R.E.STARTis mounted in collaboration with WWF-Philippines 2020, the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development, Greenpeace Philippines, Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities, and Philippine Movement for Climate Justice, to help increase awareness about best energy practices and hopefully inspire Filipinos to consider shifting to renewable energy consumption. Green transition, according to studies, are found to be cost-efficient and can alleviate some of the financial burdens that people face during this challenging time.
The Straits Times
Philippines is not a dumping ground: Inquirer
The paper says that advocates point to loopholes in the laws that have made the country wide open to both illegal and legitimised waste trade.
Volunteers sort plastic waste on the shore of Freedom Island, Philippines, during a cleanup organised by green groups.
ST PHOTO: RAUL DANCEL
PublishedJan 27, 2021, 11:50 am SGT
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Photo by Manman Dejeto / Greenpeace
As the country struggles against the pandemic, the solution to combat COVID-19 seems to be the use of plastic and other disposable materials. Jeepneys, tricycles, buses and trains use plastic dividers to promote physical distancing among passengers; and since August 15, The Department of Transportation has mandated the populace to wear along with face masks face shields, usually made from plastic, when taking public transportation. Adding to the plastic burden is the deluge of food take outs and merchandise deliveries, deemed the safer option than dining out or going to malls during the pandemic.
Inside a jeepney in Bulacan (photo by PM Caisip)
EcoWaste Coalition Honors Customs Official with “Environmental Justice Award” for Re-Exporting Illegal Waste Shipments to South Korea 20.01.2021 - Quezon City, Philippines - Pressenza IPA
20 January 2021, Quezon City. The waste and pollution watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition presented the “Environmental Justice Award” to Bureau of Customs-Region 10 District Collector John Simon in a virtual ceremony held yesterday.
Simon, a customs official with 31 years of distinguished service in the government sector, is the lone recipient of the group’s first-ever “Environmental Justice Award” coinciding with the national observance of “Zero Waste Month” this January.
According to Eileen Sison, President of the EcoWaste Coalition, Simon is recognized “for his exemplary leadership, unfaltering dedication and focused action to protect public health and the environment from