News, Press Release, Uncategorized, Zero Waste Cities
Silliman University Commits to Zero Waste and Sustainability
by Jed Alegado | December 4, 2018
Dumaguete, Philippines – Silliman University (SU), a private university in the central part of the Philippines, is implementing a new policy that eliminates single-use plastic bags and aims towards Zero Waste, the first university in the country to do so. SU’s new environmental policy was approved unanimously by its Board of Trustees (BOT) on November […]
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Green groups challenge ADB to innovate, not incinerate
by Jed Alegado | November 12, 2018
Mandaluyong City, Philippines, 9 November 2018 — Green groups today challenged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to live up to its stated mandate and stop financing any form of waste incineration. Incineration, including so-called “waste-to-energy” (WTE) incineration, is a dangerous, costly, and unsustainable method of treating waste. The groups contend that ADB is flouting local and […]
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Branded Pollution
by Von Hernandez | October 11, 2018
Plastic is pollution the minute it is made! At first, such a provocative statement may seem too outrageous, given the various applications of plastic that we have been used to in our daily lives. The record, however, shows that of all the plastic ever produced and widely deployed in commerce by companies especially as packaging […]
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Zero waste key to achieving circular economy of cities, experts say
by Jed Alegado | March 19, 2018
BANDUNG, Indonesia (March 19, 2018) — Going Zero Waste is the way to go for cities. This has been the conclusion of experts and practitioners in the recently held International Zero Waste Cities Conference in Bandung, Indonesia. With the theme, “Breaking A ‘Linear’ City: Adopting Zero Waste Towards a Circular Economy,” the event gathered experts, […]
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