The question is: bakit once a week lang? Baby steps?
Time to bring out those eco bags, like seriously.
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Eco bags recylcled from PET bottles, by Bench
Malls to charge fee for plastic bags once a week
Plastic bags in nine major shopping malls and supermarkets all over the country will no longer be free every Wednesday starting next week.
This was after representatives from these establishments entered into an agreement with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to promote the use of “reusable bags."
Among the malls and supermarkets who signed the memorandum of understanding were:
Ayala Malls
Ever Malls
Hi-Top Supermarket
Isetann Malls
Makro
Robinson’s Supermart
Savemore
SM Hypermart
SM Supermarkets
Under the memorandum, the nine stores agreed to charge a fee for plastic bags on Wednesdays to encourage buyers to use reusable bags.
The supermarkets and malls also agreed to observed “Reusable Bag Day" every Wednesday and to give incentives to shoppers who use reusable bags instead of the usual plastic bags.
The signing of the memorandum of understanding was part of the DENR’s efforts to address the country’s solid waste management problem.
“Partnership is key. The DENR cannot solve the Philippines’ solid waste management problem alone. We believe, and we know, that just as each of us is a contributor, each of us is also a solution to the problem," DENR Secretary Ramon Paje said in a speech during the launch of the department’s “Reusable Bags Campaign" on Thursday.
According to DENR data, more than 80 percent of the trash retrieved from the country’s shorelines are made of non-biodegradable materials such as plastic and rubber. About half of plastic items thrown in bodies of water around the country were plastic bags.
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Sea of trash, Manila: wanna vomit?
Aside from the malls and supermarkets, the Earth Day Philippines Network, the National Solid Waste Management Commission, the Philippine Amalgamated Supermarkets Association (PAGASA), and the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) were also signatories to the memorandum of understanding.
Even before the agreement, SM Supermarket has been charging its customers in 15 of its branches with a fee for plastic bags on Wednesdays to encourage buyers to bring their own recyclable bags.
—Andreo Calonzo/KBK, GMANews.TV
Time to bring out those eco bags, like seriously.
Eco bags recylcled from PET bottles, by Bench
Malls to charge fee for plastic bags once a week
Plastic bags in nine major shopping malls and supermarkets all over the country will no longer be free every Wednesday starting next week.
This was after representatives from these establishments entered into an agreement with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to promote the use of “reusable bags."
Among the malls and supermarkets who signed the memorandum of understanding were:
Ayala Malls
Ever Malls
Hi-Top Supermarket
Isetann Malls
Makro
Robinson’s Supermart
Savemore
SM Hypermart
SM Supermarkets
Under the memorandum, the nine stores agreed to charge a fee for plastic bags on Wednesdays to encourage buyers to use reusable bags.
The supermarkets and malls also agreed to observed “Reusable Bag Day" every Wednesday and to give incentives to shoppers who use reusable bags instead of the usual plastic bags.
The signing of the memorandum of understanding was part of the DENR’s efforts to address the country’s solid waste management problem.
“Partnership is key. The DENR cannot solve the Philippines’ solid waste management problem alone. We believe, and we know, that just as each of us is a contributor, each of us is also a solution to the problem," DENR Secretary Ramon Paje said in a speech during the launch of the department’s “Reusable Bags Campaign" on Thursday.
According to DENR data, more than 80 percent of the trash retrieved from the country’s shorelines are made of non-biodegradable materials such as plastic and rubber. About half of plastic items thrown in bodies of water around the country were plastic bags.
Sea of trash, Manila: wanna vomit?
Aside from the malls and supermarkets, the Earth Day Philippines Network, the National Solid Waste Management Commission, the Philippine Amalgamated Supermarkets Association (PAGASA), and the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) were also signatories to the memorandum of understanding.
Even before the agreement, SM Supermarket has been charging its customers in 15 of its branches with a fee for plastic bags on Wednesdays to encourage buyers to bring their own recyclable bags.
—Andreo Calonzo/KBK, GMANews.TV