THE Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) is batting for a plastic-free mining industry as part of its campaign against plastic pollution. The MGB’s PLASTIKalikasan program launched on Earth Day on April 22 in San Fernando, La Union, aims to address plastic waste management in mining sites and its neighboring communities…
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is pushing for strict compliance with the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act and is calling on “obliged companies” to register under the program. The EPR is mandated by Republic Act 11898 (EPR Law of 2022). The law mandates obliged companies or big…
The world needs to overcome the barriers to establishing a “circular economy,” a key to achieving sustainable and livable cities and ultimately achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. In his keynote speech during the kick-off…
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has added two additional requirements as a precondition in granting environmental compliance certificates (ECC) for environmentally critical projects. Aside from information on the proximity of the projects being applied for ECC to Protected Areas, proponents of land reclamation projects would also be asked to provide information on