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Charted: the Global Plastic Waste Trade
Charted: the Global Plastic Waste Trade
Every year, nations worldwide produce around 350 million metric tons of plastic waste. This is equivalent to over 10 million fully loaded garbage trucks. Most of this plastic waste is either incinerated or sent to landfills, thus eventually polluting our air, land, and oceans. Only a fraction of this waste is recycled, and contrary to popular belief, just 2% is traded internationally.
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Published at 2023-03-12 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Environment
Tags: plastic, waste
How a Plastics Ban Turned Siquijor into a Zero-waste Island in the Philippines
How a Plastics Ban Turned Siquijor into a Zero-waste Island in the Philippines
Siquijor reduced its total waste following a 2018 decree that limited the use of plastics, and improved how to dispose of unwanted garbage
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Published at 2022-07-23 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Environment, Politics
Garbage Returned from Philippines to Be Incinerated Wednesday
Garbage Returned from Philippines to Be Incinerated Wednesday
Some 1,200 metric tons of plastic waste shipped back to Korea from the Philippines in January and 3,400 tons of waste stopped from illegally being exported are to be incinerated starting Wednesday.
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Published at 2019-04-22 by Puerto Parrot
Tags: plastic, waste
World Bank to Aid Philippines in Fight Against Plastic
World Bank to Aid Philippines in Fight Against Plastic
Amid the government's ongoing rehabilitation activities in Manila Bay and its tributaries, the World Bank is stepping in to help as well
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Published at 2019-04-04 by Puerto Parrot
4,000 Tons of Garbage Sitting on Songdo
4,000 Tons of Garbage Sitting on Songdo
An estimated 4,000 tons of garbage are sitting in Songdo International City, Incheon, pending lawsuits, after a separate case in which a container full of plastic waste was found to have been illegally exported to the Philippines.
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Published at 2019-01-10 by Puerto Parrot
Pina Fiber "Leather"
Pina Fiber "Leather"
Because pineapple leaves would normally be wasted, turning them into leather is an extra source of income for farmers. After farmers take the first step in processing the leaves, separating the long fibers, they also end up with biomass that can be used as fertilizer back in the pineapple fields.
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Published at 2017-05-08 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, Documentary, Lifestyle
Tags: Pineapple, waste