Filipino children’s health secured as PHL completes phaseout of leaded paints
Filipino children’s health are now more secured as the Philippines marked the completion of the phaseout of leaded paints at the close of 2019.
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5 Important Reminders for Feast of Black Nazarene Parade Participants
Feast of the Black Nazarene or the Traslacion on Thursday, January 9, has brought on reminders of how previous parades have left mountains of trash along the route, and a plea from the No To Plastic Campaigners for a more environment-friendly celebration.
Far Eastern University wins best “kubeta” in the Philippines award
Far Eastern University (FEU) in Manila led the winners of the Golden Kubeta Awards, a campaign on proper wastewater management conducted by Maynilad. FEU’s public restroom won the People’s Choice Award after receiving over 10,000 votes on social media, besting 9 other nominees that included Miriam College, University of the Philippines Diliman Palma Hall, Port […]
Quezon City barangay collects computers, appliances e-waste for recycling
Barangay West Triangle in Quezon City is showing how communities can help the environment as it conducted a collection campaign for broken or discarded electrical and electronic equipment that can be sent off for recycling. The barangay asked residents to bring their TV sets with plastic casings and cathode ray tubes (CRTs), computers, laptops, appliances […]
Philippines’ Sycwin is world’s 1st company with industrial brands certified lead-safe paint
Philippine paint manufacturer, Sycwin Coating & Wires, has been declared the world’s first company to have its industrial brand paints certified lead-safe. Sycwin’s entire portfolio of architectural paints of 10 brands and 590 paint products have been certified under the Lead Safe Paint® standard, an independent certification program that verifies paints with the strictest regulatory […]
Bishops call for ecological conversion, advocate against single-use plastics
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has issued a pastoral letter to call for the faithful to work in line with the advocacy for ecology. Titled “An urgent call for ecological conversion, hope in the face of climate emergency,” the CBCP letter issued in mid-July listed a number of concrete actions to be […]
Recyclers of e-waste from discarded electrical or electronic devices gets support from largest Philippine barangay
Recyclers of electrical or electronic devices discards or e-waste are getting much needed support from the combined efforts of government and private initiatives. In early March, anti-toxics waste campaigner EcoWaste Coalition reported that Barangay 176 in Bagong Silang, Caloocan City will be the pilot area of a new e-waste facility. The planned E-Waste Category F.1 […]
Philippines gears up to phase out lead-containing industrial paints in 2019
The Philippines’ paint industry sector is unifying to comply with the national phase-out target for lead-added industrial paints by December 31, 2019. Members of the Philippine Association of Paint Manufacturers (PAPM) are taking action to completely replace the lead-based raw material from industrial paints after successfully taking out the hazardous chemical household paints in 2016, […]
How to celebrate reunions with Filipinos during Undas
Filipinos are known to celebrate reunions at every opportunity with families, friends, classmates, and work colleagues.
Philippines’ success in phasing out lead paints praised in Jakarta forum
The Philippines’ success in the phase-out of lead paint, a major source of childhood toxins exposure, has been hailed in a Jakarta forum participated in by Filipino paint industry leader Johnson Ongking.
Why school buses have to use lead-safe yellow paints?
As the Philippines marks school opening this June, operators of school buses are urged to use safe automotive paints for vehicles that transport children.
How to keep Brigada Eswela school clean-up eco-friendly
With most schools opening in a few weeks, communities are pitching in for the annual Brigada Eswela clean up of classrooms.