Lawmakers are pressing for the passage of a measure that aims to regulate the manufacture, sale, use and importation of single-use plastics products, in line with his advocacy of building a greener and more sustainable economy. Know more:
Lawmakers are pressing for the passage of a measure that aims to regulate the manufacture, sale, use and importation of single-use plastics products, in line with his advocacy of building a greener and more sustainable economy for the country’s future generations.
“As we mark Earth Day on April 22, I urge my colleagues in Congress to act on this bill and similar other pending measures so that we can finally phase out single-use plastic products, which remain among the most pervasive kind of waste that pollute our land, choke our oceans and bring harm to our precious marine resources,” Duterte said.
Duterte said their proposal under HB 507 covers other single-use plastics, such as plastic utensils and tableware, containers, packaging, drinking straws, stirrers, sachets and pouches. Duterte and his fellow authors proposed that single-use plastics may be gradually phased out within a period of 1 to 4 years.
“This is equivalent to 60 billion plastic sachets per year, majority of which are single-use plastics such as plastic drinking bottles, bottle caps, food wrappers, plastic grocery bags, plastic lids, straws and stirrers, other types of plastic bags, and foam take-away containers,” the bill’s authors said.
Under the bill, the Department of Trade and Industry , in cooperation with the DENR, Department of Science and Technology , Food and Drug Administration , and in consultation with stakeholders, shall formulate a Consumption, Reduction and Recovery program for single-use plastic products.
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