Green groups ask Duterte to ban single-use plastics

A pile of garbage, including plastic waste, is seen as children play on a bridge in downtown Manila on September 4, 2019.

AFP / George Calvelo

MANILA, Philippines — Environmental groups called on President Rodrigo Duterte to ban single-use plastics in order to address the waste management problem in the country.

In a letter sent to the Office of the President on Wednesday, the organizations asked Duterte to order the National Solid Waste Commission to immediately release the list of non-environmentally accepted products and packaging (NEAPP).

The implementation of Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, which was passed in 2021, still falls short, the groups stressed.

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