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) condemns the apathy and irresponsibility of individuals as well as the incompetence of government in poor implementation of our ecological solid waste management laws and ordinances that should have avoided this. The pandemic is no excuse for this action. This will cause more problems in the future not just for human beings but also for other wildlife and the environment. We encourage non-front liners in hospitals; which comprise majority of the users face mask not, to use disposal masks but instead washable, reusable ones that are still sufficient to comply with the standards set by authorities. We also support small enterprises producing and distributing these re-usable/washable face masks. We encourage government; particularly the Department of Trade and Industry (DTIs) and local government units to provide financial, technical and market support incentives to these enterprises. In this period of climate and COVID-19 public health crisis, MAKAKALIKASAN offers our green agenda on climate and public health action as guide.
To ACT, JOIN this FB Action Groups: www.facebook.com/groups/ph.climateactions www.facebook.com/groups/ph.zerowaste To JOIN MAKAKALIKASAN: www.naturepartyph.weebly.com/join.html To be a Founding Member, join our assembly: www.facebook.com/groups/makakalikasan.assembly Read the original article Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is washing up on coral reefs close to the Philippine capital, Manila. According to an estimate by the Asian Development Bank, during the peak of the Covid-19 outbreak, the city could have been generating up to 280 tonnes of extra medical waste per day. Read more |
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