Groups urge Comelec to implement measures for 2022 post-election cleanup

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Philippines — Several environmental groups have sent a letter appealing to the Chairman Sheriff Abas of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to initiate

Among the groups are EcoWaste Coalition, Greenpeace Philippines, Mother Earth Foundation, Zero Waste Philippines, Cavite Green Coalition, Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability, Oceana Philippines, NASSA/Caritas Philippines, and Urban Poor Associates.

“We hope Comelec will commit to greening the 2022 polls to the best of its ability and with the participation and support of all stakeholders,” Sison said, noting the widespread disregard of environment rules and regulations in past elections. The groups also scored the unbridled display of “indirect” political propaganda such as graduation and fiesta banners and tarpaulins; the unregulated noise from mobile political propaganda and during campaign meetings; the unchecked distribution and littering of sample ballots on Election Day; the open burning of campaign waste materials, which is prohibited under the Clean Air Act and the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, and the failure to avoid the use of single-use plastics, adding to...

Come Election Day, there will be an expected deluge of disposable food and beverage containers inside the polling centers for the members of the Board of Election Inspectors, poll watchers, and volunteers.

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