Single-use plastics banned in gov’t offices

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 09:05:42 +0000

Single use plastics have been banned in all government offices all over the country.

The National Solid Waste Management Commission, chaired by Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu, signed last Feb. 12 NSWMC Resolution No. 1363, Series of 2020, directing the DENR to “prepare and implement” the ban on the use of “unnecessary” single-use plastic products by national government agencies, local government units, and all other government-controlled offices.

The plastic products covered by the ban are cups less than 0.2 millimeters in thickness, drinking straws, coffee stirrers, spoons, forks, knives, “labo” or thin and translucent plastic bags, and thin-filmed sando bags lower than 15 microns.

“The NSWMC resolution is a major step to curb the use of single-use plastic items that pollute our waterways, kill marine life, and contribute to our country’s increasing solid waste,” Cimatu said.

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