Ban Single-Use Plastics Archives - Oceana Philippines

Choking our cities, drowning our future

It’s the rainy season once again. Every time torrential rains lash Metro Manila, Cebu City, Davao City and other major Philippine cities, the scenes are tragically familiar: flooded roads, stranded commuters, submerged homes, and overflowing waterways. But what is often ignored by many is the fact that single-use plastics play a big part in aggravating … Read more

Oceana, experts, civil society call for unified push to protect ocean from single use plastic pollution ahead of INC-5

Single-use plastic phase out in Apo Reef Natural Park ordered

Single use plastic is banned in Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park

Report: Switching to Reusable Packaging Could Eliminate 1 Trillion Single-Use Plastic Bottles and Cups   

Microplastics in the environment, health risk: more reasons to ban single-use plastics—Oceana

Oceana joins call for #PlasticFreeSenate, bats for Legarda’s Senate Bill 246 to ban single-use plastics 

UP College of Law bagged first-ever Green Lantern Award in recent UP Diliman lantern parade   

Reef-safe sunscreen, plastic-free personal care urged for beach and vitamin sea lovers

“we need to provide effective marine-friendly options that can help consumers transition into life-long eco-friendly users.”

University of the Philippines moving towards a “plastic-free” community, and nation