7 out of 10 Filipinos favor a national single-use plastics ban, survey reveals
MANILA, Philippines (January 21 2020) --- Filipinos favor banning single-use plastics. That is according to a recent survey commissioned by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) which highlights the...
read moreRegulating single-use plastics in the Philippines: Opportunities to move forward
Regulating single-use plastics in the Philippines: Opportunities to move forward A policy brief prepared by GAIA Asia Pacific calling for a national single-use plastics ban in the Philippines following a survey by Social Weather Stations showing that 7 out of 10...
read morePress Release: Environmental Advocates Call for Greater Vigilance against Foreign Waste Dumping
EcoWaste Coalition, Phone/Fax: 84411846 E-Mail: info@ecowastecoalition.org Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS), Phone/Fax: 082-2994552 E-Mail: webmail@idisphil.org Press Release: Environmental Advocates Call for Greater Vigilance...
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COP 25: A Failure to Face the Climate Emergency
By Sirine Rached, GAIA Global Policy Advocate 2019 saw intensifying climate chaos and mobilization for decisive action. Days before COP25 was due to start in Madrid under Chile’s presidency, the UN Environment Programme announced that countries had to cut their...
read moreWTE or WOE? An Academic Forum on Solutions to the Philippine Waste Problem
Amendments to Philippine Clean Air Act are under deliberation in Congress. A huge percentage of Congressmen wants it repealed to re-allow waste incineration in the country and once and for all remove the national ban. To date, the Philippines is the only...
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GAIA Member Victories in 2019!
2019 was an exciting year for the GAIA network. Our members’ achievements were too numerous to count, so we put a few highlights here. What are YOUR big victories of 2019? Write to us at info@no-burn.org or tag us on social media! We helped pass groundbreaking new...
read moreGreen groups question Government’s sinister moves to lift the ban on incineration
(Quezon City, Philippines, December 16, 2019)—Environment groups today lambasted the Philippine government’s moves to lift the anti-incineration provisions of the Clean Air Act and Ecological Solid Waste Management Act. On November 13, the bills amending these laws ...
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Texas Campaign for the Environment
A Texas Free From Pollution Texas Campaign for the Environment (TCE) has been organizing around its vision for a “Texas free from pollution” since 1991. In its early years, TCE helped get recycling and household waste in major Texas cities. In 2001, TCE helped close...
read moreZero Waste Plastic-Free Southeast Asia (SEA) Games, we can do it!
We pose a challenge to organizers, athletes, and the public to go Zero Waste and plastic-free at the SEA Games. Gold, silver, and bronze medals are good but the real winners are the environment heroes who bring with them their message of not polluting the...
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With Only 9% of All Plastic Recycled, Break Free From Plastic Calls Out Hypocrisy of “America Recycles Day”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 14, 2019 Contact: Claire Arkin, claire@no-burn.org, 510-883-9490 ext: 111 Berkeley, CA — Tomorrow, on the industry-backed, “America Recycles Day,” people across the country will be participating in clean-up activities, and pledging to...
read moreTruth Behind the Trash: “America Recycles Day”
By Adi Varshneya, Zero Waste Communities Coordinator, GAIA US & Canada What’s wrong with America Recycles Day? “America Recycles Day” and its host organization, Keep America Beautiful both have nice-sounding names, but that’s part of the problem. While the...
read moreGreen groups to DENR: Stop being an apologist for the plastics industry!
Plastic Monster-in-the-box installations delivered at the DENR headquarters Quezon City, Philippines (November 14, 2019) — Environmental groups belonging to the global #breakfreefromplastic movement today delivered monstrous plastic installations at the Department...
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