JANUARY is Zero Waste Month. The event, dubbed 2018 Zero Waste Youth Convergence, was hosted by the Foundation University College of Business Administration. The full implementation of the ordinance, passed in August 2011, reportedly got stranded on businesses’ assurances that they were using biodegradable plastics. Fast forward to 2018 and “Dumaguete City is facing a waste crisis,” to quote the Facebook-posted call for the youth to join the zero waste event and make a difference. This year, incidentally, the EU will launch a project in East and Southeast Asia to address these regions’ growing problems with plastic waste and marine litter.

Source: Manila Times January 28, 2018 16:30 UTC