A proenvironment group has asked the public to give their surroundings a break from garbage and pollution during Holy Week.
“The Holy Week provides a good occasion for Filipinos, especially devout Catholics, to observe low-emission, climate-friendly and trash-free practices for the sake of our Mother Earth,” Ochie Tolentino, zero waste campaigner of EcoWaste Coalition, said in a statement.
EcoWaste also made some suggestions on observing ecofriendly Holy Week traditions, namely, “abstinence” from plastic bag use and littering; walking, biking or taking public transport for “visita iglesia” (church visitations); using recyclable materials for Pabasa huts (singing of the Passion of the Christ); using recyclable containers for food meant for sharing; picking up trash along the routes of the neighborhood Via Crucis (Way of the Cross); and adorning floats on Good Friday with mercury-free bulbs.