Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday urged Filipinos to ditch single-use plastics during Christmas parties and gatherings this holiday season.
De Lima, who has consistently pushed for the nationwide ban of single-use plastics, maintained that one-time use plastics remain to be every party’s biggest offenders.
“Christmas parties and other gatherings are part of the joys of celebrating Yuletide season, but organizing festive events should remind us to consider eco-friendly alternatives in our get-togethers, especially since using single-use plastics, from straws to plastic cups to stirrers, sounds tempting for its convenience,” de Lima said.
Environmental group Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives , meanwhile, found in its study published early this year that 60 percent of non-recyclable waste collected in several cleanup drives belong to some of the biggest manufacturing companies in the Philippines. De Lima also recalled that environmental activist and former president of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly Maria Fernanda Espinosa’s warning that there would be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050.
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