MAKAKALIKASAN (Nature Party Philippines) recalls that extended producers responsibility (EPR) really means that until every branded pollution persist in nature, we should never stop making these producers fully accountable. We welcome this research and its implications. We will continue to support the lobby for a national law and local ordinances in all local government units in the Philippines to institutionalize EPR, starting with plastic pollution. To read more about the Green Economics Agenda of MAKAKALIKALIKASAN where this position is an integral part of, please read this: http://naturepartyph.weebly.com/ecological-economics.html
JOIN to ACT through our appropriate FB Action Group: www.facebook.com/groups/ph.zerowaste www.facebook.com/groups/ph.greengovernance To JOIN the MAKAKALIKASAN: www.naturepartyph.weebly.com/join.html To become a Founding Member, please JOIN our ASSEMBLIES: www.facebook.com/groups/makakalikasan.assembly Original article: Global movement #BreakFreeFromPlastic said fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies Universal Robina Corporation (URC), Nestle, and Colgate-Palmolive were the top 3 corporate plastic polluters in the Philippines in 2020, as shown in the Philippine version of the 2020 Brand Audit Report.The 3 corporations’ packaging waste accounts for 46% of the total of 38,580 plastic items collected. Of this, 6,350 plastic items from URC were collected, 6,168 from Nestle, and 5,580 from Colgate-Palmolive. The report also said 91% of the total collected plastics were non-recyclables, particularly sachets. “This figure proves that recent efforts by FMCGs to boost their so-called recycling efforts are completely useless in addressing plastic pollution in the Philippines,” the groups in the movement said in a statement on Saturday, March 20. Read more
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MAKAKALIKASAN (Nature Party Philippines) joins the growing number of organizations, communities and individuals throughout the Philippines calling for a nationwide ban on single-use plastics (SUPs). We will join the lobby in Congress for the passage of this law and will actively support its enforcement. Our plastic problem is something that we cannot win by recycling and upcycling alone. We must cut the source and force producers and retailers to find alternatives to the use of plastics. This forms part of long term agenda to shift our economic system into circular economy towards zero waste and minimization of all forms of pollution. In the GREEN AGENDA of MAKAKALIKASAN, this action is a necessary part towards an Ecological Economic System: http://naturepartyph.weebly.com/ecological-economics.html
JOIN to ACT through our FB Action Group: www.facebook.com/groups/ph.zerowaste To JOIN the MAKAKALIKASAN: www.naturepartyph.weebly.com/join.html To become a Founding Member, please JOIN our ASSEMBLIES: www.facebook.com/groups/makakalikasan.assembly Original article 12 March 2021. Consumer advocacy group Laban Konsyumer Inc. and environmental health group EcoWaste Coalition have jointly urged the government to tackle plastic pollution at source such as by banning single-use plastics (SUPs). Through a joint statement to mark this year’s World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) on March 15 that has for its theme “Tackling Plastic Pollution,” the non-profit groups highlighted two policy opportunities that can catalyze the beneficial shift to sustainable packaging and product delivery systems in the Philippines. Read more |
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