QC bans plastic political posters
By Jeannette I. Andrade
Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista has signed an ordinance that bans the use of plastic posters, including tarpaulin banners, in political campaigns and advertisements in the locality.
Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista has signed an ordinance that bans the use of plastic posters, including tarpaulin banners, in political campaigns and advertisements in the locality.
A seven-hour fire razed to the ground a three-building warehouse containing plastic and Styrofoam materials in Sta. Rosa City, Laguna on early Sunday.
He still remembers his father telling him that one day, he will become the next biggest plastics manufacturer in the country.
The plastics industry sees some negative impact from local governments’ moves to regulate the use of plastic, such as in the case of Quezon City, but the recycling industry may benefit from the same, an industry leader said in a phone interview.
Davao City will finally enforce the ban on all plastic and polystyrene used as food and beverage containers on Thursday.
The city on June 28 will start enforcing an ordinance banning the use of nonbiodegradable packaging materials, including plastic bags and Styrofoam, according to city officials.
The vast swirl of plastic waste floating in the North Pacific has grown 100-fold over the last 40 years, according to a research paper published Wednesday.
Starting June 30, retail establishments inside the free port will be prohibited from using plastic bags and Styrofoam as packaging materials.
The plastic industry has launched an offensive against the use of brown paper bags and recycled newspapers to wrap food—environmentalists’ proposed alternatives to plastic bags that are known to pose a huge threat to the environment.
As more and more cities and commercial establishments shun plastic bags, the plastic industry launched an offensive against its alternatives: the brown bags and newspapers.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines has banned the use of non-biodegradable food containers inside Camp Aguinaldo.
Starting this June, commercial establishments across Albay would be prohibited from using plastic bags, Styrofoam and other synthetic fabrics as packaging materials after an ordinance banning the use of these materials was passed on Tuesday by Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP).
A councilor here urged residents to use banana leaves, native bags and other indigenous packing materials as she moved to ban the use of plastic by local businesses.
