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Read more about the article ‘Give Earth a break from trash this Holy Week’
A worker sprays disinfectant on the pile of garbage to eliminate odor and repel flies at the sanitary landfill in Barangay Pagalungan, Cagayan de Oro Thursday (Jan. 30). The city government plans to allow nearby municipalities to dump their trash here for a fee. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

‘Give Earth a break from trash this Holy Week’

The Roman Catholic Church’s Caritas Philippines together with EcoWaste Coalition is appealing to its faithful and to those who observe the Holy Week to mark it with acts that could lessen pollution in the environment.

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Read more about the article Environmental groups push for international accord on waste trafficking anew
John Simon, Bureau of Customs-10 district collector, at the virtual awarding ceremony of the Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards conferred by the United Nations to eight Asian environmental advocates, on February 17. Simon received the award for his efforts in returning the thousands of tons of imported garbage from South Korea. (Jigger J. Jerusalem)

Environmental groups push for international accord on waste trafficking anew

Environmental groups reiterated on their stand urging the Philippine government to join other member-states in the Southeast Asian region in ratifying an international statute that will ban the transport of garbage from one country to another.

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Read more about the article Green groups laud city’s single-use plastic ban ordinance
Most of the 1,713 pieces of waste materials collected in the Panigan-Tamugan Watershed were food packaging, plastic bottles, and household products packaging. (Photo from IDIS Facebook page)

Green groups laud city’s single-use plastic ban ordinance

Environment groups in Davao hail the city government for heeding their calls to ban single-use plastic and implement a zero waste management policy in place to the city’s garbage incineration project.

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Read more about the article Envi group pushes green spaces, quarrying cap in Council’s climate change plan
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Envi group pushes green spaces, quarrying cap in Council’s climate change plan

As the Davao City Council adopts the National Climate Change Action Plan, an environmental group has pushed for more specific actions for environment protection in the city.

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