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Unilever Strengthens Waste Recovery Efforts
This article first appeared on Unilever’s website. Unilever Philippines is embarking on an ambitious undertaking to significantly reduce the volume of sachet waste in Metro Manila and to reuse the waste collected as practical materials for the barangays of the cities that the company operates in. Single-use sachets have allowed a greater number of Filipinos […]
Continue readingConserving Southeast Asia’s seas
This article first appeared on Inquirer.net. The United Nations’ call to conserve and sustainably develop the oceans perhaps resonates most with Southeast Asia than in any other part of the world. With a maritime territory thrice the size of its landmass, the region is among the world’s most bountiful and diverse maritime areas. The 10 […]
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Balikpapan hosts ASEAN meeting on Environmentally Sustainable Cities
Urban-LEDS model city in Indonesia, Balikpapan hosted the 16th meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (AWGESC) last 02-03 May 2018. During the meeting, five Indonesian cities led by Balikpapan committed to ban plastic use in their cities as a means of reducing waste generation. Other cities […]
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Local stakeholders trained by Bicol state college on climate-resilient housing technology
One of the workshop participants tests the ease of use of the multi-blocks vibrating machine developed by BISCAST to create their own hollow blocks. Naga City– A technology transfer and dissemination training-workshop on the Climate Change Resilient Pilot Housing (CCRPH), led by the Bicol State College of Applied Sciences and Technology (BISCAST) in partnership with […]
Continue readingCoal-reliant Philippines struggles to power up clean energy
This article first appeared on Thomson Reuters Foundation. LAMAO, Philippines, May 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For Nestor Castro and the other residents of Lamao village, which sits near two coal-fired power plants and an oil refinery, the country’s shift to renewable energy cannot come soon enough. Not only would it lessen the pollution in […]
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