According to OneNews, 16.6 Million Metric Tons Of Waste This Year Can Fill 99 Philippine Arenas
Based on 2018 data, the Philippines is the third-largest generator of solid waste per year among Southeast Asian countries, with only Thailand and Indonesia producing more, Gatchalian noted.
Due to the poor implementation of a 20-year-old law and lack of action from households and communities, the country is facing a serious garbage crisis that threatens to cause irreparable damage to ecosystems and harm to the health of Filipinos, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian has warned.
The senator said the garbage crisis used to be felt only by local government units (LGUs), but now it has “grown into a national crisis that requires immediate concerted action from government and civil society.”
“It is clear that the implications of the garbage crisis are simply too grave for us to sit back and do nothing. We must take action now to end the garbage crisis before it degrades the environment and poisons the bodies of future generations of Filipinos,” Gatchalian said in his privilege speech on Tuesday, Sept. 1 2020 continue reading