GUIGUINTO, Bulacan — A “refill revolution” has been started here as part of a campaign to reduce plastic pollution in the country. ADVERTISEMENTBut plastic sachets are nonbiodegradable that have added to the solid waste woes of towns like Guiguinto, according to Lormelyn Claudio, Central Luzon director of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB). Global problemDuring Earth Day on April 22, the Philippines joined other countries in highlighting the global problem of plastic pollution. 8.3 billion plastic strawsThe world’s plastic pollution problem, according to scientists, is so large that banning plastic straws and stirrers may not be enough. They reckoned 437 million to 8.3 billion plastic straws are on the entire world’s coastlines.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 29, 2018 21:22 UTC