[OPINION] The urgent need for a national single-use plastic ban

Break Free From Plastics has studied the top five consistent polluters for the past five years, and they are Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé, Unilever, and Mondelez International. Opinion ThoughtLeaders

Multinational companies, big businesses, and developed nations continue to treat countries in the global south as plastic dumps. Break Free From Plastics has studied the top five consistent polluters for the past five years, and they are Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé, Unilever, and Mondelez International.

Still, the plastic problem continues to persist. According to a recent Commission on Audit report, even after more than 20 years of passage of RA 9003, solid waste generation in the country has steadily increased from 9.07 million metric tons in 2000 to 16.63 million metric tons in 2020. On the other hand, RA 11898, the Extended Producer Responsibility Act, lapsed into law last July 2022. The law requires large companies to establish or phase-in EPR programs for plastic packaging to achieve efficient management of plastic packaging waste, reduced production, importation, supply or use of plastic packaging deemed low in reusability, recyclability or retrievability, and plastic neutrality through efficient recovery and diversion schemes.

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