Policy review calls for single-use plastics ban

THERE is a dire need for the passage of House Bill (HB) 9147 or the Single-use Plastic Products Regulation Act on account of the grave impacts of plastic pollution in the country, according to a policy note recently released by a group of AB Development Studies students at the Ateneo De Manila University and The Climate Reality Project Philippines.

The policy note is part of Mag-ASUP Tayo, an advocacy project of the Climate's Eight from Ateneo and the Youth Cluster of Climate Reality Philippines on anti-single-use plastics (ASUP) policies and practices. Its findings and recommendations were presented during the 28th episode of Climate Reality Philippines' Klimatotohanan webcast series.