Compostable packaging only works with industrial composting and correct disposal, conditions most waste systems lack.

SAN JOSE, Occidental Mindoro (PIA) — The San Jose Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) calls for discipline in waste management, particularly in managing plastic waste in the ...

The state is in the midst of updating its statutory language around organic waste diversion. A proposal would set hard limits on contamination of both organic feedstock and finished compost.

As Cebu City enforces its “No Segregation, No Collection” policy anew to confront mounting garbage problems, Cebu Archbishop Alberto “Abet” Uy has issued an appeal reminding Cebuanos that the real ...

Seemingly taking up the cudgel for minimizing the waste produced by the city, Cebu Archbishop Alberto Uy said the real solution lies not in innovations alone but in changing daily habits.

A MONTH after the deadly trash slide at the Binaliw landfill forced its closure on Jan. 8, 2026, Cebu City remains locked in ...

Brazilian researchers create biodegradable, collagen-based food packaging film from tambatinga fish skin, offering sustainable plastic alternative and adding value to aquaculture waste streams.

A recent study published in the academic journal Sustainable Food Technology reported that films made from grapevine canes are both transparent and mechanically strong. When placed in soil, they fully ...

THE closure of the Binaliw landfill has forced the City to ration disposal slots, leaving neighborhoods with a rotating ...

According to the official OECD estimates on global plastic pollution, out of all the plastic waste generated per annum, only 9% is recycled. The rest contaminates water bodies, soil, the air we ...

In the quiet agrarian landscape of the Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu, a body of water known to locals as Vanamma (literally translated as “the goddess of t ...

Good morning,” Walter Borbor, a social media-famous fisher, says to his followers in a 2022 Instagram video. “What we have ...