PH dumps 2.7M tons of plastic waste into the sea

By Bella Cariaso

Oct 15, 2022 12:09 am

THE Philippines generates at least 2.7 million metric tons of plastic wastes, Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga said on Friday, underscoring the urgency to strongly enforce a law making firms responsible for the plastic packaging they produce.

In her speech during the launch of the Coca-Cola World Without Wastes project, Yulo-Loyzaga said that 20 percent of the country's plastic wastes end up in the oceans.

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