MAKAKALIKASAN (Nature Party Philippines) supports extended producers responsibility (EPR) as a cornerstone of our efforts towards circular economy towards our vision of zero waste. We therefore weight in on our support to House Bill House (HB) 8691, or the proposed Extended Producer Responsibility Act of 2021 now pending in the lower house of congress. We commit to promote and lobby this law. As this will amend the ecological solid waste manage law; we; however raise caution for such a bill or other similar legislative proposal undermining the key provisions of RA 9003 that as it is has not even been fully implemented. For example, any rider provision that will allow for incineration as part of the waste management stream or options for producers to use in the practice of their EPR. To understand more about MAKAKALIKASAN's GREEN ECONOMIC Agenda where support for ecological solid waste and our shift to a circular economy is discuss, 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 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 A leader of the House of Representatives is pushing for the passage of a bill seeking to advocate a zero waste lifestyle by institutionalizing the practice of extended producer responsibility (EPR). In House Bill 8691, or the proposed Extended Producer Responsibility Act of 2021, Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar said her proposal aims to require producers to manage the impacts of their products throughout their entire life cycle, including take-back, recycling and proper disposal. Read more
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MAKAKALIKASAN (Nature Party Philippines) supports the vision of zero waste and works for our shift for a circular economy as a soon as possible and the strict enforcement of all our ecological solid waste management and pollution laws. We also call on all our members, supporters and volunteers to adhere to a zero waste lifestyles as part of our ethical standards of a member/supporter of the Party. Going Zero Waste has nothing to do with more or new consumption. It is all to do with less.
JOIN and ACT: www.facebook.com/groups/ph.zerowaste JOIN MAKAKALIKSAN: www.naturepartyph.weebly.com/join.html Be a Founding Member, JOIN our ASSEMBLIES: www.facebook.com/groups/makakalikasan.assembly #ZerowasteLifestyle #ZerowastelifestylePH #MAKAKALIKASANParty Original article "Kung magshi-shift tayo sa zero-waste lifestyle, hindi natin kailangan bumili ng bagong gamit or bagong environmentally acceptable products," EcoWaste Coalition policy advocacy officer Patricia Nicdao told Newsroom Ngayon. [Translation: If we will shift to zero-waste lifestyle, we do not need to buy new things or new environmentally acceptable products.] Nicdao explained old items like bags and containers may be repurposed and reused since purchasing new ones will defeat the purpose of eliminating waste. She noted that the Philippines has a severe "plastic crisis." Despite some 400 local government units having ordinances on the regulation of single-use plastic, Filipinos still use billions of plastics annually in their daily lives, she said. Read more MAKAKALIKASAN (Nature Party Philippines) welcome this study that provides more socio-economic reasons to pursue zero waste programmes as we pursue circular economic systems. This should justify more support for these types of community enterprises all over the country.
JOIN to ACT: www.facebook.com/groups/ph.zerowaste JOIN MAKAKALIKASAN: www.naturepartyph.weebly.com/join.html Be a Founding Member, JOIN our ASSEMBLIES: www.facebook.com/groups/makakalikasan.assembly #ZeroWaste #ZeroWastePH #CircularEconomy #MAKAKALIKASANParty Original article Zero-waste programmes and policies have the potential to create good, environment-friendly jobs and help reduce pollution and improve community health, a recent study from Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) found. The study found: a) Reuse creates over 200 times as many jobs as using landfills and incinerators, b) Recycling creates around 70 times as many jobs as using landfills and incinerators, c) Re-manufacturing creates almost 30 times as many jobs as using landfills and incinerators. Read more |
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