A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court to call on the government to finally clamp down on the unrelenting emission of millions of tons of plastic waste into every nook and cranny of the country including Manila Bay. | T2TupasINQ
“The continued disregard of the Respondents’ mandate under R.A. No. 9003 [Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000] will continue to aggravate the widespread environmental damage already caused by the proliferation of plastic to the natural life support system that we all depend on for survival. Worse, the lives and health of every Filipino now existing and yet unborn is continuously prejudiced by the Respondents’ refusal to implement their mandate,” petitioners said.
Petitioners also cited violations of international treaties, including the Paris Agreement, Stockholm Convention and the London Protocol. “For twenty long years, the Respondents steadfastly refused to prepare the list of non-environmentally acceptable products under Section 29 of R.A. No. 9003. In doing so, they allowed plastic pollution to proliferate,” petitioners said.
Petitioners said the government has already received two prior notices to sue, but “despite such notices, Section 29 remains unimplemented.”“By refusing to issue any list, the Respondents defeated the policy of R.A. No. 9003 towards ‘solid waste avoidance and volume reduction through source reduction and waste minimization measures.’ The respondents flouted their mandate not just once but continuously over the course of 20 years,” petitioners said.
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