TITLE: Mindanao ‘much better’ in easing garbage woes — exec

AUTHOR: Bong S. Sarmiento

DATE PUBLISHED: June 27, 2018

KEY INFO: Solid waste management plans for the next 10 years have been developed in a large number of areas in Regions 11 (Southern Mindanao), 9 (Western Mindanao), and 12 (Soccsksargen). 

TITLE: Philippine coastal town leads war against plastic trash in Mindanao

AUTHOR: Bong S. Sarmiento

DATE PUBLISHED: December 19, 2019

KEY INFO: In Mindanao, the town of San Isidro is involving the neighborhood by paying for plastic waste that has been collected, teaching young people about money, and turning the debris into "eco-bricks" for use in local building.

TITLE: Plastic Smart Cities Video Series: Davao City

AUTHOR: WWF-Philippines

DATE PUBLISHED: January 22, 2022

KEY INFO: Kalambuan Women's Association is a women's group established in Davao City that produces products out of plastic. They purchase waste plastic from various businesses and transform it into valuable items like bags and wallets. Additionally, they recycle old magazines into beads that are then used to make rosaries, mask lanyards, and other accessories.

TITLE: Compost pile in the corner can keep pesky flies away (RESEARCHED BY: GEILA ANNA BRIENNE S. HINAY)

AUTHOR: Jimmy K. Laking 

DATE PUBLISHED: Jun 18, 2022

KEY INFO: Jimmy K. Laking shared his experience of practicing composting and making a compost pile in his home. 

TITLE: Producing your own organic fertilizer 

AUTHOR: Henry D. Tacio

DATE PUBLISHED: July 10, 2017

KEY INFO: Organic farming has been proposed as a solution to the problem of land degradation. Environment-friendly, natural, free of pesticides and other chemicals, sustainable, regenerative, and healthy are some of the words used to describe this farming method that has recently piqued the interest of many countries around the world.

TITLE: Davao City waste-to-energy project to fuel climate change, groups warn

AUTHOR: Geela Garcia

DATE PUBLISHED: May 15, 2022

KEY INFO:On a 10-hectare parcel of land in Biao Escuela, in the Tugbok District, the local administration of Davao City proposes to build a P2.5 billion waste-to-energy (WTE) facility. This project would be financed by a Japanese loan. Almost 100 rubbish pickers will be asked to leave as the landfill will be shut down and turned into a segregation area for the WTE facility.

TITLE: Solid Waste Management Practices 

AUTHOR: Engineer Celso C. Layos

DATE PUBLISHED: July 22, 2021

KEY INFO: During the Covid 19 pandemic, LGU Iligan City Solid Waste Management enforces the implementation of solid waste management practices to ensure the protection of public health and the environment through an IEC (Information Education Communication) campaign, proper waste segregation, backyard composting and recycling encouragement, usage of recyclables and compost products to be sold, and suggested sanitary landfill. In hopes of achieving a greener city by promoting an effective ecological solid waste management program that benefits the environment.

TITLE: Plogging As A Kick-off To A Zero Waste Lifestyle

AUTHOR: EMB Northern Mindanao

DATE PUBLISHED: January 30, 2023

KEY INFO: In honor of the ZERO WASTE MONTH in 2023, Environmental Management Bureau-10 (EMB-10) organized a plogging activity. "Plogging" refers to picking up trash while jogging or strolling through an area.

The goal of the activity is to increase public knowledge of ecological solid waste management in view of the recent enactment of the Extended Producer Responsibility Act of 2022, which institutionalizes the extended producer responsibility on plastic packaging waste, amends Republic Act No. 9003, also known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, and mandates major corporations to develop and execute environmentally friendly waste management techniques.

TITLE: Composting, A Step to a Zero-Waste Home Living 

AUTHOR: EMB Northern Mindanao

DATE PUBLISHED: January 31, 2023

KEY INFO: Composting can be done in as many different ways as there are gardeners, but the method described in this infographic is the most likely to be successful for everyone because it makes use of a compost container that can also be modified for use with other types of bins.

TITLE: Think Zero Waste! (RESEARCHED BY: DENISE ASTILLA)

AUTHOR: EMB Northern Mindanao

DATE PUBLISHED: January 31, 2023

KEY INFO: Adopting zero waste has the potential to extend the time that many items can be repurposed or recycled, conserve scarce resources, reduce the amount of waste transferred to landfills, and reduce the amount of carbon emissions discharged into our environment.

TITLE: Cagayan de Oro spearheads trash-to-cash program in Mindanao using digital tech

AUTHOR: Business World

DATE PUBLISHED: September 15, 2021

KEY INFO: A trash-to-cash initiative in Cagayan de Oro City that employs an e-wallet for the purchase points gained from recycling materials was officially inaugurated this week. The local government in Mindanao, in the country's south, is the first to use the bXTRA software developed by Basic Environmental Systems and Technologies, Inc. (BEST), a division of publicly traded company IPM Holdings, Inc.

TITLE: MAY PERA SA BASURA | RECYCLING |VICZONS vlog

AUTHOR: VICZONS Vlog

DATE PUBLISHED: April 19, 2022

KEY INFO: This vlog shows that selling recyclable products to shops that recycle and make new products is preferable to throwing them away.

TITLE: [FULL WEBINAR] The decade of sustainability: How can the Philippines end its plastic crisis?

AUTHOR: Rappler

DATE PUBLISHED: December 4, 2020

KEY INFO: In order to address the roles of each sector in trash reduction and management, experts, advocates, and stakeholders participate in the debate chaired by Rappler's Pia Ranada. Participants in the debate, which is being facilitated by Pia Ranada of Rappler, will evaluate the roles that various sectors should play in waste management and reduction.

TITLE: One Mindanao: Trash to Craft

AUTHOR: GMA Regional TV

DATE PUBLISHED: June 4, 2021

KEY INFO: A group of women discovered an alternative source of income by creating products from recycled materials.

TITLE: One Mindanao: Waste Museum Binuksan sa Barangay Lapu-lapu, Agdao, Davao City

AUTHOR: GMA Regional TV

DATE PUBLISHED: May 15, 2019

KEY INFO: Citizens of Barangay Lapu-Lapu, Agdao District, Davao City, have formed a group known as GARBAGE, or Group of Advocates on Recycling for Better and Greater Environment.

TITLE: Philippine Action Plan For Sustainable Consumption And Production (PAP4SCP)

AUTHOR: Sds Admin

DATE PUBLISHED: January 29, 2020

KEY INFO: The PAP4SCP will assist the country to achieve Ambisyon Natin 2040 so that the policies and initiatives put in place would guarantee that Filipinos, both in the current and future generations, experience a "matatag (strongly rooted), maginhawa (comfortable), and panatag na buhay (secure life)." This will become a reality when more Filipinos adopt sustainable and climate-smart activities and lifestyles and increase their use of green products and services.

TITLE: Waste Management: PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

AUTHOR: Jules Alvarado, Mariel Barnachea, Alliza Cajucom, and Patrise Alarcon

DATE PUBLISHED: October 7, 2019

KEY INFO: A man's trash is another man's treasure. Always be mindful of your waste and dispose of it properly. Waste management has the potential to save lives.

TITLE: HOW DAVAO CITY FACES ITS GARBAGE CONCERN?

AUTHOR: Sun Star Davao Digital

DATE PUBLISHED: September 24, 2021

KEY INFO: Davao City has increased its garbage production to 600–650 tons per day since March 2020. The Davao City administration and private businesses have developed alternative methods for managing the city's garbage in response to the worsening problem with waste disposal. These alternatives include recycling single-use plastics into chairs, tables, and other materials.

TITLE: Solid Waste Management Of Sto.Tomas Davao del Norte (Ecomercial)

AUTHOR: Vergil Relator

DATE PUBLISHED: May 2, 2013

KEY INFO: In Sto.Tomas Davao del Norte, trash is a source of income of the residents. Trash is recycled into hollow blocks, concrete paving blocks, toilet bowls, concrete tiles, ornamentals, fermented plant juice, indigenous microorganisms, and more.

TITLE: The arguments against Waste to Energy: Interview with No Burn Pilipinas and IDIS.

AUTHOR: Yas D. Ocampo

DATE PUBLISHED: March 2022

KEY INFO: Environmentalists are not persuaded that Davao City's plan to construct a waste-to-energy plant should be followed. Representatives from Interfacing Development Interventions and No Burn Philippines claim that there are already laws in place to ensure that garbage is separated at the source, that organic waste is composted at home, and that recyclables are recycled instead of ending up in the city's garbage piles.

TITLE: ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM | Malalag Davao Del Sur | Wa Chang

AUTHOR: Wa Chang 

DATE PUBLISHED: August 29, 2020

KEY INFO: Wa Chang showed how to properly execute solid waste management. You must segregate, which means separating recyclable, biodegradable, residual, and special waste.