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) 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 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 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 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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