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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.
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...
Plastic pollution is an ever-growing concern in the Philippines, but amidst the crisis, an inspiring initiative is making waves. Enter Plastic Flamingo, a social enterprise dedicated to recycling and upcycling plastic waste into valuable resources while transforming lives and promoting sustainability.
17 de nov. de 2021 · According to a global study, 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] .
2 de sept. de 2014 · A multipurpose cooperative is thriving in Manila's impoverished Smokey Mountain through recycling and other profitable enterprises. Smokey Mountain began in the 1950s as an unplanned dumpsite on the shore of Manila Bay just north of the Philippine capital.
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.
