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DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda (Photo courtesy of Antiporda’s office)
Foremost on his thoughts are the senior citizen employees of the DENR, since it’s widely known that elders are the most vulnerable sector of the population as far as COVID-19 is concerned.
“Alam ko nabubugnot na kayo dahil hindi kayo makalabas ng bahay. Ngunit mas mahirap pag nagka-COVID ka kasi pakiramdam mo araw-araw parang unti-unting hinihila ang mga paa mo sa hukay (I know you’re getting irritable because you can’t leave the house. But being infected with COVID is more difficult because you will feel everyday that you’re slowly being pulled toward your grave),” Antiporda told senior last Friday, April 30–his first “working day” in over a month.
Senator Cynthia A. Villar
Senator Cynthia Villar has been championing campaigns that will protect the environment at the same time provide other benefits to people, communities and even industry sectors. Among which is waste management, which really affects everyone, from households, businesses and the entire communities. It has been her advocacy for decades.
Composting is one of the most effective ways of maintaining healthy soils as it brings back nutrients to the soil. It is recommended by no less than the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO). FAO warned about some agricultural practices such as the use of chemical-laden fertilizer and pesticides that damage and deplete soil’s organic matter that leads to loss of soil fertility and crop damage too. In the Philippines, 38 percent of soil are degraded.
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+ April 08, 2021 THE disposal of plastic waste is a big environmental problem. Plastic takes hundreds of years to degrade. Improper disposal results in flooding, pollution and harm to marine life. While some plastics are recycled and some are burned in cement kilns and waste-to-energy plants, a big volume still goes to sanitary landfills. A sizeable quantity remains uncollected and contaminates the environment.
Laws are passed in an attempt to address the problem. Recently, the National Solid Waste Management Commission has declared that plastic straws and stirrers are non-environmentally acceptable products which will lead to their phase-out. At the Senate and House of Representatives, there are several pending bills that either ban or regulate plastic. It will take a long time before any of these becomes laws. Even if they are approved, they will not be the only solution to the plastic problem.