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Pinx Gaspe's Mga Mukha (RESEARCHED BY: LOUIZ SAYAWAN)

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URL: https://kodao.org/tagi/pinx-gaspe/
TITLE: Mga Mukha
AUTHOR: Pinx Gaspe
DATE: August 12, 2019
KEY CONTENT:
The sculptures by Pinx Gaspe are notably made by a mix of sawdust and styrofoam. They display indigenous Filipino life while also highlighting themes of environmentalism using visual depictions of caring for nature.

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Optimal Process Network for Integrated Solid Waste Management in Davao City, Philippines (RESEARCHED BY: LOUIZ SAYAWAN)

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URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/4/2419
TITLE: Optimal Process Network For Integrated Solid Waste Management in Davao City, Philippines
AUTHOR: lalo, K., Nakatani, J., Fujita, T.
DATE: February 20, 2022
KEY CONTENT:
It analyzes Davao City’s Waste Management system by the source of waste, and the disposal methods used for the different types of waste, it claims that most waste is collected from densely populated areas, with plastics making up most (29%) of waste by weight. It was found that, In Davao City’s Waste Management System, there is a better environmental impact on recycling plastic waste, than any other forms of disposal, such as incineration or landfill, the latter of which releases around 271 Kilotons of CO2 by estimation. Recycling is also the more sustainable and profitable disposal option, regardless of the recycling methods, with revenue coming from the sale of products made from recycled plastic.

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Optimal Process Network for Integrated Solid Waste Management in Davao City, Philippines

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Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) systems in developing countries adopt practices from developed countries to reduce their environmental burdens. However, several complex issues specific to developing countries hinder the full implementation of these practices. The future of MSWM in Davao City…

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Asian Development Bank's The Garbage Book (RESEARCHED BY: LOUIZ SAYAWAN)

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URL: https://ppp.worldbank.org/public-private-partnership/library/garbage-book-solid-waste-management-metro-manila
TITLE: The Garbage Book
AUTHOR: Asian Development Bank
DATE: 2004
KEY CONTENT:
Displaying the wide coverage of waste management in the Philippines’ developed cities- Manila in Particular- The Garbage Book details the Process of waste collection, waste disposal, the cost of solid waste, dangers to health and safety, and the connection between waste and poverty. It ends with a view to the future for solutions on waste management that are still implemented today, with emphasis on community-wide collaboration on recycling.

Due to a lack of books covering Mindanao waste in particular, a book that covers the Philippine's other developed cities is used.

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Andrew Forrest: A radical plan to end plastic waste (RESEARCHED BY: LOUIZ SAYAWAN)

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URL: https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_forrest_a_radical_plan_to_end_plastic_waste?language=en
TITLE: A Radical Plan To End Plastic Waste

AUTHOR: Andrew Forrest, TED

DATE: October 8, 2019
KEY CONTENT:
The discussion in the video centers around the problem surrounding the handling of plastic waste specifically.

It emphasizes that the act of recycling plastic should be valued to the point where no more plastic should be produced, instead sourcing new plastic for products from plastic waste.

Due to the lack of a TED talk covering Davao City or Mindanao specifically, a TED talk in line with SDG 12 is used instead.

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Andrew Forrest: A radical plan to end plastic waste

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Plastic is an incredible substance for the economy -- and the worst substance possible for the environment, says entrepreneur Andrew Forrest. In a conversation meant to spark debate, Forrest and head of TED Chris Anderson discuss an ambitious plan to get the world's biggest companies to fund an environmental revolution -- and transition industry towards getting all of its plastic from recycled materials, not from fossil fuels.

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Plastic Smart Cities Video Series: Davao City (RESEARCHED BY: AMBER OCENAR)

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URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OUN1XA7pIc
TITLE: Plastic Smart Cities Video Series: Davao City
AUTHOR: WWF-Philippines
DATE: January 24, 2022
KEY CONTENT:
PSC Davao City converges the initiatives of different partners from different sectors to address plastic pollution in the City. Kalambuan Women’s Association is a women's group based in Davao City that creates products using plastic materials. They buy plastic waste from different establishments, turning them into valuable products such as wallets and bags.

LikhaNegosyo tells the story of a youth group based in Barangay 23-C. They started an initiative to address the community’s plastic waste, hoping that these plastics will not end up in the environment and can be given another chance to be used. Women's Bright, another organization based in 23-C focuses on using PET bottles as their product containers.

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Plastic Smart Cities Video Series: Davao City

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podcast - plastic. climate. future. (RESEARCHED BY: AMBER OCENAR)

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URL: https://www.plasticclimatefuture.com/podcast
TITLE: Upcycling Plastic Watse: How is it Possible?
AUTHOR: Jasper Munier, Mateusz Wielopolski, John Sewell
DATE: April 10, 2022
KEY CONTENT:
Since I could not find a podcast in Mindanao that dealt with the upcycling of plastic waste into valuable byproducts, I was able to discover a podcast from abroad. You can find this podcast while scrolling down from other related plastic podcasts.

This podcast is significant since Jasper is the Business Development Manager for North West Europe at Clariter, a Polish clean-tech innovator that upcycles plastic waste into chemicals with additional value.

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Apart from getting more details about Circularise's technology, mission and daily business, in this episode we get the chance to dive deep into the challenges that industries face when implementing circularity on various supply chain levels. We also speak about key technological enablers and how important it is to facilitate trust and transparency on this journey.

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Turning plastic waste into school chairs | One Earth (RESEARCHED BY: AMBER OCENAR)

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14.)  NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION OR ACADEMIC INSTITUTION ARTICLE

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14.)  NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION OR ACADEMIC INSTITUTION ARTICLE

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URL: https://www.oneearth.org/turning-plastic-waste-into-school-chairs/
TITLE: Turning Plastic Waste Into School Chairs
AUTHOR:  Angelica Wang
DATE: October 25, 2021
KEY CONTENT:
Envirotech Recycling Inc., an initiative in Davao City in Mindanao, aims to lessen the plastic waste that would otherwise end up in the country’s oceans or landfills.

To achieve the goal, the company collects single-use plastics from communities and big companies and recycles them into useful items such as school chairs. These products, according to Envirotech, are made of 100 % recycled plastic.

The company’s President and CEO, Winchester Lemen, said that they were able to process around 2.5 million kilograms (kg) of waste this year in their five plants located across Luzon and Mindanao islands. Aside from chairs, Envirotech has ventured into making benches, trash bins, and pots, among other functional items.

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Filipinos use around 212 million sachets and shopping bags every day. These numbers reflect the country's dependence on single-use plastics. The situation has not been improving in the Philippines as the country was tagged as a major contributor to the global plastic waste crisis. Advocates said that the problem is exacerbated by firms that sell their products in cheap, disposable packaging.

Envirotech Recycling Inc., an initiative in Davao City in Mindanao, aims to lessen the plastic waste that would otherwise end up in the country's oceans or landfills. To achieve its goal, the company collects single-use plastics from communities and big companies and recycles them into useful items such as school chairs. These products, according to Envirotech, are made of 100 % recycled plastic. The company's President and CEO, Winchester Lemen, said that they were able to process around 2.5 million kilograms (kg) of waste this year in their five plants located across Luzon and Mindanao islands.

"We are advocating to reduce plastic waste, and at the same time, create livelihood programs for everyone. And (we are) helping the Earth heal," Lemen said, explaining one Envirotech school chair was made from around 20 to 30 kg of plastics. He claimed that his company was the only one in the country that combined all sorts of waste in its plants. "So, name it- sachets, plastic cups, sando bags, candy wrappers, Styrofoam- we mix it up all together in our plant," he explained, adding that the finished products proved to be durable as they could not be broken. Based on Waste Ed's social media video, the plastics that Envirotech collects are shredded, crushed, sorted, melted, molded, and assembled. Lemen said that workers are equipped with safety gear, and the plants have buffers that filter out the steam or smoke produced during the melting process. Aside from chairs, Envirotech has ventured into making benches, trash bins, and pots, among other functional items.

Dr. Enrico Paringit, the Executive Director of the Department of Science and Technology's Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development, welcomed Lemen's initiative.

"The gargantuan task of addressing the plastic pollution needs the concerted effort of all stakeholders - government, private sector, the general public. This effort of Envirotech is a boost to our efforts of making headway into finding innovative solutions to plastic pollution," the scientist said.

Although this recycling technology could be an answer to ongoing plastic waste problem for consumers and firms, environmentalist and co-convenor of War on Waste Negros Oriental, Merci Ferrer, thought otherwise. "No, it's not a solution... it actually encourages companies to create more (plastics)," she said, adding that the initiative was only handling the problem "from the end of the pipe." For her, it was important to consider the bigger picture. "We need to think of that on a bigger, broader environmental, sustainability issue. The toxicity of a certain material should be one of the top considerations," Ferrer said, explaining that more studies should be done on the emissions brought about by melting plastics of different types.

Despite the pandemic and lockdown restrictions, Envirotech's Lemen said that they had several projects in the pipeline for next year. One of them is the Envirohome, a housing project made entirely out of 3,000 kilograms of plastic waste, and it is scheduled to be rolled out by 2021.

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Turning plastic waste into school chairs | One Earth

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Filipinos use around 212 million sachets and shopping bags every day. These numbers reflect the country's dependence on single-use plastics. The situation has not been improving in the Philippines as the country was tagged as a major contributor to the global plastic waste crisis.

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Davao LGUs, Donsol renew commitment to fight plastic pollution under WWF Philippines' Plastic Smart Cities (RESEARCHED BY: AMBER OCENAR)

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URL: https://wwf.org.ph/resource-center/story-archives-2022/davao-lgus-donsol-renew-commitment-to-fight-plastic-pollution-under-wwf-philippines-plastic-smart-cities/
TITLE: Davao LGUs, Donsol renew commitment to fight plastic pollution under WWF Philippines’ Plastic Smart Cities
AUTHOR: WWF-Philippines
DATE: Not Found
KEY CONTENT:
By re-signing with WWF Philippines' Plastic Smart Cities program, four local government units (LGUs) in the Davao Region and the municipality of Donsol in the province of Sorsogon reaffirmed their commitment to eradicate plastic pollution by 2030.

Social enterprises run by women in Davao and IGACOS also took part in the event and set up booths to display their goods (slippers, bags, accessories, etc.) as well as the plastic shredders and extruder machines that PSC donated to them. These organizations include Hugpong Manggagama sa Isla (HUGMAI), San Isidro Municipal Women's Association (SIMWA), Women's Bright, and Kalambuan, who have PSC additionally gives training and equipment to social companies that market goods made of upcycled plastic in order to further its goal of finding solutions to the plastic pollution challenge.

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Davao LGUs, Donsol renew commitment to fight plastic pollution under WWF Philippines' Plastic Smart Cities

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WWF-Philippines Davao LGUs, Donsol renew commitment to fight plastic pollution under WWF Philippines' Plastic Smart Cities Officials from three local government units in the Davao region have signed with WWF Philippines anew, committing to continue the Plastic Smart Cities initiative [...]

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Davao City generating 600-650 tons of waste per day (RESEARCHED BY: JUSTINE DAGPIN)

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URL: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1892609/davao/local-news/davao-city-generating-600-650-tons-of-waste-per-day

TITLE: Davao City generating 600-650 tons of waste per day

AUTHOR: Ralph Lawrence G. Llemit

DATE: April 23, 2021

KEY CONTENT:
600-650 tons of waste are collected per day and out of the 182 barangays the waste was collected from, only about 30% practice solid waste management and have material recovery facilities.

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SINCE the start of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, Davao City generated around 600 tons of garbage per day, according to the Davao City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro).

Cenro head Marivic Reyes said the city's average volume of collected garbage is around 600 to 650 tons per day since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the city in March 2020 until present.

For March 2021, the city recorded an average of 620 tons.

However, this does not include those collected by Ancillary Service Unit during its cleanup drive in canals.

The figure is slightly lower compared to the average 900 tons of garbage per day in 2019, during pre-pandemic.

Reyes said that despite the closure of large establishments, including hotels, the volume of waste collected remains high due to waste generated within households.

"Ma-question gani sa amo ang uban, ngano daghan man gihapon ang volume collected considering na ang ubang establishments, mga hotel, kay sarado. Ngano daghan gihapon ang ma-declare nga collection? (We were questioned why we still collected a high volume of garbage despite the closure of most establishments, and hotels)," she said.

She added, "Considering nga daghan tao na sa balay-balay. Ang pamaagi karon kay dili na sila mukaon sa gawas, magpa-deliver nalang sila sa balay. (Considering that most of the people are at home, people would rather order food online)."

The official said household waste is a major contributor to the waste generated per day.

The gradual resumption of business establishment and offices had also contributed to the continuous increase of collected waste, she said.

Despite continuous information drive, Reyes admitted that the majority of Dabawenyos do not practice waste segregation, which is mandated under Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.

"To be honest, malisudan ko, considering... Kinahanglan namo ang kooperasyon sa barangay (we are struggling in the implementation. That is why we need the cooperation of the barangays)," the Cenro head said, emphasizing the responsibility of the barangay officials to enforce the Solid Waste law.

Out of the 182 city barangays, only around 30 percent practice solid waste management and that have material recovery facilities (MRF).

The main function of the MRF is to maximize the quantity of recyclables processed, while producing materials that will generate the highest possible revenues in the market. MRFs can also process wastes into a feedstock for biological conversion through composting and anaerobic digestion.

As of Friday, April 23, only five barangays in the city have MRF. These are Barangays Hizon, Gumalang, Mahayag, Tacunan, and Catalunan Grande.

Reyes said it is important to practice solid waste management, including the non-throwing of biodegradables, as Cenro will only collect residuals.

Currently, the sanitary landfill in New Carmen, Tugbok has accumulated around 900,000 tons of garbage since 2016, exceeding its maximum capacity level of 700,000 to 800,000 tons.

Reyes said the city's landfill operation is still manageable despite exceeding its capacity. But she said there is already a need to expand the current landfill.

She said the City Government is working on expanding the New Carmen landfill.

With the passage of the "No to Single-Use Plastics Ordinance of 2021" in the 19th City Council early March this year, which regulates the sale, distribution, and use of single-use plastics in the city, Reyes said they will be intensifying the information campaign down to the barangays.

Reyes told SunStar Davao in a previous interview that the regulation on single-use plastic could help decongest the city's landfill.

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Davao City generating 600-650 tons of waste per day

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SINCE the start of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, Davao City generated around 600 tons of garbage per day, according to the Davao City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro). Cenro head Marivic Reyes said the city's average volume of collected garbage is around 600 to 650 tons per day since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the city in March 2020 until present.

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This furniture is made of plastic waste | ANC Soundbytes (RESEARCHED BY: JUSTINE DAGPIN)

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URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcxVxIbSI74
TITLE: This Furniture is Made of Plastic Waste
AUTHOR: ANC 24/7
DATE: August 2, 2019
KEY CONTENT:
A recycling company in Davao City is turning plastic waste into useful everyday items in order to reduce the 835 tons of garbage that the city produces every day. One seat requires about 12 kg of plastic, or about 3,000 candy wrappers, and 75 kg of plastic is used to construct tables, tiles, and even basketball blackboards. By the end of the year, the company hopes to have built some houses.

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This furniture is made of plastic waste | ANC Soundbytes

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SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, POLICIES, AND IMPLEMENTATION (RESEARCHED BY: JUSTINE DAGPIN)

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URL: https://judespot.home.blog/2019/10/11/solid-waste-management-policies-and-implementation/

TITLE: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, POLICIES, AND IMPLEMENTATION

AUTHOR: jumpybunny

DATE: October 11, 2019

KEY CONTENT:
The 600 tons of waste collected within Davao City is less than enough to run the WTE project which requires 800 tons of waste daily. Most of these wastes are biodegradable materials, so is this WTE project really the solution to the solid waste management problem in Davao City.

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Waking up to a community of trash, this was the everyday life of Edmar Meliton a resident of Boulevard, Davao City. according to him the waste issue within their community was being addressed by the local government through waste segregation, and scheduled waste collection but during my visit to their community there was no traces of effective waste segregation and scheduled waste collection. instead what I saw was open canals filled with trash, houses surrounded with trash, and mosquito nesting areas.

The solid waste management within Davao City has been an Issue for quite some time now. there have been reports of Davao lacking 47 landfills. But attempts to manage this issue is being taken, last year the construction of Waste to Energy project or WTE project was started. This aims to manage the issue of waste management in Davao City. But, according to No Burn Pilipinas, a coalition of environmental advocates. The WTE project has documented failure from countries such as UK, Germany, and Australia. The coalition stated that the incinerators which are machines used in WTE project releases heavy metals, dioxins, and furans, which are harmful not only to the public health but to the environment as well.

The R.A. 9003 or the Ecological Waste Management Act of 2009, aims to protect the public health and the environment, but as we are able to observe such act is not being implemented properly, actions against this act can be penalized with more than 1 year of imprisonment. But the public are still committing act against this.

Just this Sept. 10 2019, it was stated by EcoWaste National coordinator Aileen Lucero. The 600 tons of waste collected within Davao City is less than enough to run the WTE project which requires 800 tons of waste daily. "Most of these wastes are biodegradable materials. Instead of being beneficial, the project will only force the city government to take garbage from adjacent areas just to keep up with the operation," Lucero said.

Is the WTE project truly the solution for the ongoing issue of solid waste management within Davao City? Or should the local government think twice about this project? There are multiple questions on the effectiveness of the WTE project, but one thing remains the same the destruction of our environment is still ongoing. And the WTE project can either contribute to it or solve it.

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SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, POLICIES, AND IMPLEMENTATION

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Waking up to a community of trash, this was the everyday life of Edmar Meliton a resident of Boulevard, Davao City. according to him the waste issue within their community was being addressed by the local government through waste segregation, and scheduled waste collection but during my visit to their community there was no traces...

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Bakal, bote, plastik, dyaryo! How recyclers are helping win the war against plastic waste (RESEARCHED BY: JUSTINE DAGPIN)

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9.) NEWS FEATURE ARTICLE(EQUIVALENT TO MAGAZINE ARTICLE)

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9.) NEWS FEATURE ARTICLE(EQUIVALENT TO MAGAZINE ARTICLE)

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URL: https://www.rappler.com/environment/pollution/recycling-help-fight-plastic-waste/
TITLE: Bakal, bote, plastik, dyaryo! How recyclers are helping win the war against plastic waste
AUTHOR: Gregg Yan
DATE: January 9, 2022
KEY CONTENT:
Arles Gozar, an owner of a junkshop in Dasmariñas City, picks up waste from around the city with his crew and upcycles them by looting valuable materials such as copper, hard plastic, scrap metal, corrugated iron sheets, plastic bottles, tin cans, and cardboard. This article emphasizes the importance of junkshops in lessening the waste produced in our country. Junkshops are common in Mindanao as it is a source of livelihood for people who don’t have jobs.

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Bakal, bote, plastik, dyaryo! How recyclers are helping win the war against plastic waste

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There’s so much plastic lying around that scientists are proposing this era to officially be termed the Anthropocene, an epoch completely dominated by humans marked on the fossil record not by fossilized bones, but plastic

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Upcycle MindaNOW (RESEARCHED BY: AMBER OCENAR)

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8.) PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE OR PROMOTIONAL VIDEO

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URL: https://www.facebook.com/onlinesdgyouthactionforum/photos/pcb.188997092909530/188996802909559/
TITLE: National Zero Waste Month
AUTHOR:  Online SDG Youth Action Forum
DATE:  January 5, 2021

KEY CONTENT:
In this promotional post of OSYAF, they highlighted organizations that help the country cleaner from any type of waste. Thus highlighting Project SWAP's Upcycle MindaNOW is an ambassador program run by the NatGeo Young Explorer Project, a youth ambassador that fights plastic waste through upcycling.

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Regulating Single-Use Plastics in the Philippines Opportunities to Move Forward (RESEARCHED BY: LOUIZ SAYAWAN)

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URL: https://www.no-burn.org/policybriefsup2020/
TITLE: Regulating Single-Use Plastics in the Philippines Opportunities to Move Forward
AUTHOR: GAIA
DATE: Not Found
KEY CONTENT:
Since I found no Advocacy Poster or Print AD that focuses on upcycling plastic in Mindanao, I found this advocacy poster that talks about how we need to regulate the plastic pollution crisis.

In their downloadable PDF, you can read that they have tonnes of plans involving moving forward without the use of too many plastics, and that includes their recycling plans. Which is to create a sustainable economy.

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Philippine recyclers group turn plastic waste into building planks | WION Edge (RESEARCHED BY: AMBER OCENAR)

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URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtuBBea7rj8

TITLE: Philippine Recyclers Group Turn Plastic Waste into Building Planks

AUTHOR: WION

DATE: October 25, 2021

KEY CONTENT:
WION -The World is One News, examines global issues with in-depth analysis. Here they featured The Plastic Flamingo with their "eco-lumber" which is made from plastic waste. Having collected over 100 tonnes of plastic waste since it started in 2019, the company has been doing its bit to try and tackle a local problem that has global aftermath.

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Philippine recyclers group turn plastic waste into building planks | WION Edge

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One Mindanao: Trash to Craft (RESEARCHED BY: HILARY MARES)

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5.) LOCAL OR NATIONAL NEWS VIDEO SEGMENT

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URL:  https://youtu.be/R7UQdfHZNWI

TITLE: One Mindanao: Trash to Craft

AUTHOR: GMA Regional TV

DATE: June 4, 2021

KEY CONTENT:

A group of women in Samal Island created products such as bags from used sticker papers.

The HUGMAI group of women fold these sticker papers to create products, they are also supported by the City Investment and Tourism Office to display their crafts.

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A Filipino company is turning plastic waste into building materials (RESEARCHED BY: MARK DAMIAO)

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URL: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/10/phillipines-company-turning-plastic-waste-into-building-materials/

TITLE: A Filipino Company is Turning Plastic Waste into Building Materials

AUTHOR: Adrian Portugal

DATE: October 27, 2021

KEY CONTENT:

The Plastic Flamingo, often known as PLAF, is a Filipino organization that turns plastic trash into building materials. The company's "eco-lumber" can be used for disaster relief shelters, decking, fences, and more. They employ waste products including bottles, single-use sachets, and snack food wrappers to make their materials.

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A Filipino company is turning plastic waste into building materials

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'The Plastic Flamingo' is a group of recyclers in the Philippines who turn items of plastic waste into building materials to help reduce pollution.

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Davao City’s recycled plastics king (RESEARCHED BY: MARK DAMIAO)

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URL: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/271388/davao-citys-recycled-plastics-king

TITLE: Davao City's recycled Plastic King

AUTHOR: Germelina Lacorte

DATE: September 15, 2012

KEY CONTENT:
Winchester O Lemen took his father’s word seriously that he ended up recycling soft plastic wastes mined from landfills and turning these into classroom chairs, park benches, and soon, perhaps, a house.

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He still remembers his father telling him that one day, he will become the next biggest plastics manufacturer in the country.

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Life with less plastic waste (RESEARCHED BY: AMBER OCENAR)

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URL: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1902145/davao/lifestyle/life-with-less-plastic-waste
TITLE:  Davao: Life with Less Plastic Waste
AUTHOR: Jennie P. Arado
DATE: July 27, 2021
KEY CONTENT:
It's the plastic-free month in July. Many social entrepreneurs and environmental organizations continue to promote a less-plastic, more sustainable way of life in Davao City. We asked a few of them to discuss their thoughts and the reasons they choose to live more sustainably.

A Zero Waste community, according to Emily Dominica Simon-King, owner of The EcoPotato Shop, implements segregated waste collection properly, sustainably manages biodegradables—the majority of our waste—to address the need for food security, adds value to recyclables by collaborating with recyclers and upcyclers, and creates opportunities for livelihood and employment from waste.

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JULY is plastic-free month. Although plastic (in all forms) has made life more convenient for us, we can’t deny how it has damaged the ecosystem -- from the toxic emission to...

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Upcycle MindaNOW (RESEARCHED BY: AMBER OCENAR)

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URL: https://www.facebook.com/upcyclemindanow/posts/pfbid02mdpDbL7bazX9iUP9HVXm247vf3EMw972ZporrNBvb9T6AKRwBKngmVKrXcnJviPQl
TITLE: Upcycling and Recycling
AUTHOR: Upcycle MindaNOW
DATE: October 29, 2020
KEY CONTENT:
To start with our research we will introduce to you the difference between upcycling and recycling.

Upcycling is a very particular type of recycling that uses garbage to create products or materials that are better quality, and cheaper, and gives materials new life rather than using them till the end of their useful lives. Recycling, on the other hand, is the process of turning garbage into reusable materials or products; this process entails the breakdown of resources to create another product, frequently one of lower quality.

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Upcycling and Recycling—most of the time, people tend to use these terms interchangeably or as if they are synonymous to each other. However, although these two processes are related, they are still...