The government has started a nationwide crackdown against illegal recyclers of used lead acid batteries (ULABs) following reports of the rampant smelting of lead in several provinces. Smelting of lead is harmful to the environment and could pose serious health risks to communities. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)…
Last July 31, my wife Evelyn expressed on a Facebook post her frustration and concern over the dangling wires and cables from the power pylons all over Metro Manila. She said: “One of the things that perturbs me is: Why is it that in Metro Manila, Philippines nobody is…
Last April, we went to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) after we got data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showing that a sizeable amount of lead scraps derived from used lead acid batteries (ULABs) that are considered hazardous waste have been exiting the country annually. It turned…
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It’s been five months since the Office of the President (OP) sent a communication to Agriculture Undersecretary Domingo F. Panganiban, instructing the department to address the serious problem of technical smuggling of palm olein. I was furnished a copy of the Malacanang letter, as it was made in reaction to…