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Building Local Capacity for Zero-Waste in the Philippines: Q&A with Break Free From Plastic’s Former Asia-Pacific Coordinator Beau Baconguis

Posted: 10 Mar 2021 09:01 PM PST

Large pollution can come in small packages. This is the case with the small plastic pouches, called sachets, that constitute a major source of the plastic waste crisis plaguing the Philippines, a country ranked third in the world for ocean plastic leakage. Filipino consumers throw away a staggering 163 million of these difficult-to-recycle plastic packets […] Related posts: Waste Not Want Not: Malaysia Moves to Become a Leader in Tackling Plastic Waste Turning off the Tap: Plastic...

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