A town in Eastern Samar is bent on replacing plastic with bayong, or bags made of woven dried pandan leaves. | joeygabietaINQ /PDI
On April 15, Ador led the distribution of bayongs to some residents of the town, which has a population of 37,451 people based on the 2020 census by the Philippine Statistics Authority.
Oras town officials had to buy 5,000 bayongs from women’s groups at P100 each so they could start distributing them to the public. “What triggered us to come up with this measure was the huge number of plastic materials being disposed of daily by our people. In fact, of our daily waste of 12 cubic meters, at least 10 cubic meters were made of plastic,” Ador said.Aside from getting rid of plastics, the program also provided livelihood to Oras residents by producing bayongs.
Violators face a penalty of paying P500 for the first offense, P1,000 for the second offense, and P2,500 for the third offense. If it involves a business establishment, the penalty is cancellation of the business permit.
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