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                    [ArticleID] => 2192230
                    [Title] => DENR, National Solid Waste Management Commission, Nestlé PH push education on climate change, solid waste management
                    [Summary] => Solid waste management is one of the most pressing environmental challenges in the world today. In the Philippines, 18 million tons of waste are generated every year; the country is the third biggestsource of solid waste in Southeast Asia and the third largest contributor to ocean plastic pollution worldwide.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-06-29 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Biz Memos
                    [SectionUrl] => biz-memos
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/06/30/3_2022-06-30_22-49-5029_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2137065
                    [Title] => Youth, groups seek writ of kalikasan for government action vs plastic pollution
                    [Summary] => Fifty-two petitioners, led by Oceana Philippines, asked the Supreme Court to grant their petition for a writ of kalikasan and a writ of continuing mandamus for the NSWMC’s “inaction” on the issuance of non-environmentally acceptable products and packaging (NEAPP).
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-10-27 16:49:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805246
                    [AuthorName] => Gaea Katreena Cabico
                    [SectionName] => Climate and Environment
                    [SectionUrl] => climate-and-environment
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2021/10/27/case-filed-vs-govt_2021-10-27_16-11-10482_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2075852
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - More needs to be done vs single-use plastic
                    [Summary] => In a laudable move, the National Solid Waste Management Commission recently listed coffee stirrers and plastic straws as among single-use plastic products that are non-environmentally acceptable and have to be phased out.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-02-07 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 1995840
                    [Title] => Waste agency bans single-use plastics in government offices
                    [Summary] => The National Solid Waste Management Commission has approved a resolution imposing a ban on single-use plastics in all government offices nationwide.
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-02-25 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1685860
                    [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
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                    [ArticleID] => 1892369
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Enforcing the laws
                    [Summary] => The Ecological Solid Waste Management Law or Republic Act 9003 requires provincial, city and municipal governments to draw up and submit long-term plans for garbage management.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-02-10 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 1847830
                    [Title] => Waste management plansof 16 LGUs get DENR OK
                    [Summary] => The National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) has approved the 10-year solid waste management plans of 16 local government units in compliance with the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-09-02 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1475310
                    [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/articles/bus3-garbage-kjrosales_2018-09-01_19-56-04110_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1538368
                    [Title] => ‘Holiday trash’ i-recycle
                    [Summary] => 

Muling nanawagan ang grupong EcoWaste Coalition sa publiko na mag-recycle matapos tumambad ang tambak-tambak na basura sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng Metro Manila kabilang na ang lugar ng Divisoria.

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Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon Paje said an initial 250,000 units of Ecosavers Club Passbook will be issued to students actively involved in a waste reduction campaign wherein they can exchange recycled items for school supplies or even cash.

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Environmental groups hit the National Solid Waste Management Commission for crafting the waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration guidelines, which they claimed violate Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.

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An environmental organization yesterday lamented the mountains of garbage that were left on Metro Manila streets after the New Year’s Eve revelry.

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