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25 de jun. de 2018 · K. 72K views 5 years ago. Plastic can be found everywhere in the ocean. Learn how marine biologist Heather Koldewey has teamed up with communities in the Philippines to collect discarded plastic...
27 de oct. de 2021 · A group of recyclers in the Philippines is trying to ease the country's worsening plastic waste crisis by turning bottles, single-use sachets and snack food wrappers that clog rivers and spoil beaches into building materials.
17 de nov. de 2021 · According to a global study [1], even though the Philippines has among the highest trash collection rates in Southeast Asia, it has become the world’s third largest source of marine plastic litter. A national report in 2018 projected plastic waste generation to be about 1.75 MMT in the year 2020 [2].
27 de ago. de 2019 · In the Philippines, recycling is largely dependent on the monetary value of recyclable materials which makes it an attractive source of income for waste collectors and recycling centers. In fact, plastic materials have among the highest values among recyclable waste.
2 de mar. de 2022 · WWF-Philippines, 2021. The recycling rate of post-consumption plastic packaging among Filipinos is still relatively low. Some of the major challenges include inadequacy of waste facilities due to constraints in funding and manpower, and the poorly implemented regulations for the recyclables market.
2 de nov. de 2022 · Coca-Cola Philippines, in partnership with Save Philippine Seas and Tetra Pak, named the winners of this year’s Reimagine Recycling program at the World Without Waste Year 4 Progress Report event on October 14, 2022, awarding them with total grant funding of up to Php 500,000 each.
The Philippines had a large recycling capacity gap of 85% in 2019 (compared to Malaysia and Thailand across all four resins) and is a net exporter of plastic scrap. Several structural challenges cause a market failure for plastics recycling: High logistics costs limit recyclers from sourcing feedstock across the archipelago.
