tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361678222024-03-19T11:51:30.933+08:00EcoWaste CoalitionEcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.comBlogger2672125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-10683267337991728022024-03-19T11:50:00.001+08:002024-03-19T11:50:36.849+08:00OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON WASTE-TO-ENERGY PROJECT IN ILOILO CITY On March 1, 2024, Iloilo City signed its contract exchange with Metro Pacific Water (MPW), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Metro Pacific Water Investments Corporation (MPWLC), for the construction of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Facility (ISWMF), which includes a waste-to-energy incinerator (WTE). We call on the Iloilo City Government to reconsider the construction of a WTE EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-37312937596441002782024-03-18T16:40:00.002+08:002024-03-18T16:40:29.312+08:00EcoWaste Coalition Calls for Genuine Zero Waste Solutions this Global Recycling Day18 March 2024, Quezon City. The global recycling day being held every March 18 is a day for celebrating the role of recycling towards our greener future. However, for the toxics-free and zero-waste watchdog EcoWaste Coalition, this is the day to contend and emphasize to industries and consumers that plastic recycling is no longer enough in managing global plastic pollution.
According to Break EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-56967490578015847952024-03-16T15:47:00.003+08:002024-03-16T15:47:52.548+08:00Banned 14 Years Ago: China-Made Cosmetics with Mercury Still Sold Locally
16 March 2024, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition slammed the use of online shopping platforms to sell dangerous cosmetics with mercury, including those banned as early as 2010 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
“We find it very alarming to find mercury-containing cosmetics banned 14 years ago still on sale in the market, particularly in online shopping sites, EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-71386178171445810772024-03-14T16:47:00.005+08:002024-03-14T16:56:45.306+08:00 Newly Certified Lead Safe Paints Launched at Philippine World Building and Construction Exposition14 March 2024, Pasay City/Quezon City. The thriving paint industry in the Philippines marked another milestone with the launch today of duly certified Lead Safe Paint® (LSP®) products at the Philippine World Building and Construction Exposition, or the WORLDBEX 2024, that was graced by government, industry and civil society leaders, as well as by basketball players from the Rain or Shine EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-83008294834691454072024-03-14T16:34:00.003+08:002024-03-14T16:35:30.907+08:00Ecowaste Coalition Reaffirms Its Commitment to Partners and Beneficiaries During PHINLA II Stakeholder’s Startup Workshop14 March 2024. Quezon City— Last May 5 to 6, 2024, the PHINLA II Startup Workshop was held at the B Hotel in Quezon City, bringing together various stakeholders involved in implementing the PHINLA Project. The conference, headed by the toxic-free and zero-waste watchdog Ecowaste Coalition, discussed the solid waste management situation in the Philippines, achievements during PHINLA I, plans for EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-17498614419091485872024-03-12T17:18:00.002+08:002024-03-12T17:18:26.982+08:00EcoWaste Coalition Pushes for Chemical Ingredients and Hazards Disclosure to Uphold Consumer Rights to Information and Safety12 March 2024, Quezon City. Ahead of the World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) on March 15, the zero waste and toxics-free advocacy group EcoWaste Coalition urged manufacturers to ensure consumer access to chemicals in product information, and for the authorities to make such a practice mandatory before any commodity is offered for sale in the marketplace, including in online shopping EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-4277498624022720372024-03-08T12:41:00.002+08:002024-03-08T12:41:12.215+08:00EcoWaste Coalition Calls for Concerted Action to Protect Women from a Highly Preventable Source of Mercury Exposure8 March 2024, Quezon City. As the International Women’s Day is celebrated, the EcoWaste Coalition pitched for a concerted action to protect women from a highly preventable source of mercury exposure: adulterated contraband skin lightening products laced with mercury.“As we honor women from all walks of life for their indispensable contributions to societal development, we seek for a EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-71994428098839710022024-03-08T12:39:00.001+08:002024-03-08T12:39:33.466+08:00Ecowaste Coalition Calls for Greater Recognition of Women Waste Workers in Celebration of International Women’s Day March 8, 2024. Quezon City— In time for the celebration of International Women’s Day, with the theme “Inspire Inclusion”, the environmental group Ecowaste Coalition releases a timely reminder for greater recognition of women waste workers in the solid waste management ecosystem. In the face of a global waste problem, women waste workers continue to prove their significant contribution EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-72363250379976741542024-03-05T10:46:00.002+08:002024-03-05T10:46:23.404+08:00Warning Out on Nonstop Online Sale of Imported Leaded Paints5 March 2024, Quezon City. Aside from mercury-containing skin lightening products, online shopping platforms are also rife with imported paint products with undisclosed concentrations of lead in brazen violation of the country’s national ban on such products.Coinciding with the 3.3. online shopping sales yesterday, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition monitored and found dozens of EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-13244838712335661202024-03-04T09:48:00.007+08:002024-03-04T09:49:21.965+08:00Groups Laud Baguio LGU and FDA Cordillera for Joint Monitoring, Inspection and Seizure of Banned Cosmetics with Mercury4 March 2024, Quezon City. The non-governmental groups EcoWaste Coalition and Zero Waste Baguio lauded the Baguio City Government and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Cordillera Regional Field Office for their collaborative action to curb the unlawful trade of mercury-laced beauty products in the country’s summer capital.“We laud the City Government of Baguio and FDA Cordillera for EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-30220618383007981742024-03-01T19:03:00.002+08:002024-03-01T19:03:35.874+08:00Philippine Company Earns Lead Safe Paint® CertificationJoint Press Release | EcoWaste Coalition • IPEN • SCS Global Services • Roosevelt Chemical Inc. - Triton Paints Philippines 1 March 2024, Quezon City, Philippines. Architectural, marine, automotive, traffic, textile, and industrial paints produced by a 100% Filipino-owned paint company were declared Lead Safe Paint® (LSP®) following a third-party certification that verifies paints contain EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-80267763929395555632024-02-28T17:27:00.000+08:002024-02-28T17:27:06.353+08:00Ecowaste Coalition Supports Member’s Appeal to the Department of Agrarian Reform to Protect their Communal and Agricultural Land Against Illegal Conversion
February 27, 2024, Quezon City— In an picket rally organized by environmental
groups on Tuesday, the groups called on the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)
for their immediate action regarding the motion they filed for the agency to
release a cease and desist order regarding the ongoing illegal conversion of
their communal agricultural land in Carmona, Cavite into mixed residential and
EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-54014147583609602162024-02-28T10:11:00.000+08:002024-02-28T10:11:00.146+08:00EcoWaste Coalition Asks CDO City Mayor to Clear Cogon Public Market of Dangerous Cosmetics with Mercury
28 February 2024, Quezon City. In an e-mail sent today, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition urged the City Government of Cagayan de Oro to conduct law enforcement operations to break the unbridled trade of dangerous cosmetics with mercury in the city.
“We appeal to Mayor Klarex Uy, a distinguished public servant, to clear Cogon Public Market and adjacent retail centers of contraband EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-12274368649804901622024-02-26T00:52:00.000+08:002024-02-26T00:52:30.465+08:00EcoWaste Coalition Questions Rampant Sale of Unapproved Glutathione IV Drips and Other Skin Whitening Products26 February 2024, Quezon City. Amid the glutathione intravenous (IV) drip controversy at the Senate, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition deplored the unabated marketing of such injectable products for lightening the skin in online shopping sites.Based on the monitoring it conducted today, unapproved injectable glutathione are being sold by online sellers as if these products are EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-43546144562895893012024-02-22T15:48:00.000+08:002024-02-22T15:48:49.993+08:00EcoWaste Coalition Seeks Mayor Rama’s Help to Halt Sale of Banned Cosmetics with Mercury 22 February 2024, Cebu City/Quezon City. An environmental health NGO sought the help of Cebu City Mayor Michael “Mike” Rama to stop the unlawful sale of contraband cosmetics containing high concentrations of mercury, a health-damaging chemical not allowed in cosmetic products.“We respectfully request your good office to take the necessary action to stop the continuing sale in Cebu EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-44065590609364761482024-02-21T09:49:00.007+08:002024-02-21T09:49:52.439+08:00EcoWaste Coalition Backs QC's Heightened Campaign to Rid the City of Mercury-Adulterated Cosmetics21 February 2024, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has lauded the Quezon City Health Department (QCHD) for its heightened campaign to curb the unlawful sale of skin lightening products containing mercury, which is toxic and harmful to the human body and the environment.At the Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting convened yesterday, February 20, by the Food and DrugEcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-36250202467515679762024-02-20T11:39:00.003+08:002024-02-20T13:23:35.421+08:00P&G, consumers in false recyclable label ads, dangerous plastic complaint sign mediation agreementFilipino consumers and Procter and Gamble Company (US), its Philippines subsidiary Procter and Gamble Philippines, Inc. have entered into a mediation agreement to amicably settle a case filed before the Department of Trade and Industry – Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (DTI-FTEB) for alleged false or misleading advertisements and dangerous plastic packaging.The complaint against P&G, an EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-91979647683548533342024-02-17T15:25:00.001+08:002024-02-17T15:25:29.542+08:00Warning Out on Toxic Shrilling Chicken Toy Containing Endocrine Disrupting Chemical 17 February 2024, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has again advised consumers to refrain from buying an unauthorized Shrilling Chicken plastic toy from China, which is sold in physical and online stores as a squeaky toy for kids as well as pets.The group’s latest warning came after the publication yesterday, February 16, of Alert Number A12/00315/24 at the EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-68452057826049445642024-02-16T08:26:00.002+08:002024-02-16T08:26:44.345+08:00EcoWaste Coalition Detects Mercury on Unauthorized Beauty Cream that Claims to Lighten the Skin 15 February 2024, Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition has detected high concentrations of mercury in a Pakistan-made cosmetic that is sold online without due authorization from the health authorities.Using an X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyzer, the toxics watchdog group detected 20,240 parts per million (ppm) of mercury in the Aneeza Gold Beauty Cream that it bought from an EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-40153437326782264802024-02-14T10:18:00.002+08:002024-02-14T10:18:21.489+08:00This Valentine's, Show Your Love for Mother Earth by Breaking Up with Unnecessary Single-Use Plastics14 February 2024, Quezon City. As couples and romantic individuals plan their dates for the most amorous time of the year, a zero waste and toxics-free watchdog group has offered timely advice on Valentine's Day: it’s time to break up with single-use plastics (SUPs). The Ecowaste Coalition called on Filipinos nationwide to break away from the usage of SUPs as this toxic relationship with EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-61182789723332860902024-02-13T12:50:00.002+08:002024-02-13T12:50:31.317+08:00Warning Out on Unauthorized Sexual Enhancement Products 13 February 2024, Quezon City. As Valentine’s Day is celebrated, the EcoWaste Coalition warned that some unauthorized products for sexual enhancement and energy may contain undeclared ingredients and may pose serious health risks. Echoing the advice of health authorities from the USA, Canada and the Philippines, the toxics watchdog group urged consumers to refrain from buying andEcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-2000992871810794872024-02-09T09:44:00.000+08:002024-02-09T09:44:05.646+08:00EcoWaste Coalition Discovers 5 More Highly Leaded China-Made Paints Sold Online7 February 2024, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition today announced its discovery of five more imported spray paints containing high concentrations of lead that are illegally sold online.As part of its continuing advocacy to promote strict adherence to the national lead paint ban to protect human health from the adverse effects of lead exposure, the group recently EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-4672242684002037182024-02-08T10:59:00.000+08:002024-02-08T10:59:16.842+08:00Ecowaste Coalition Calls for Safe and Non-Hazardous Chinese New Year Celebration to Usher the Year of the Wooden Dragon January 8, 2024, Quezon City— As the Chinese-Filipino community prepares to herald the start of the year of the Wooden Dragon, Ecowaste Coalition, a toxics and zero-waste watchdog, calls for a safe and non-hazardous celebration of the revelry through lessening litter and usage of firecrackers and fireworks. Ecowaste Coalition emphasized that the Chinese-Filipino families’ celebration of the EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-62445346640507141262024-02-06T08:53:00.001+08:002024-02-06T08:53:18.394+08:00Warning Out on Cancer-Causing Cadmium in Lucky Charm Bracelets 6 February 2024, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition is warning luck seekers from buying charm bracelets adorned with metal components containing extremely high concentrations of cadmium, a chemical that is linked to various types of cancer.The group, which has been campaigning against toxic metals like cadmium, lead, mercury and other chemicals of concern, made EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36167822.post-74435891785771289832024-02-05T15:01:00.001+08:002024-02-05T15:09:05.161+08:00Electric Cooperatives and National Resources Development Corporation Sign Contract to Strengthen Collaboration in Safeguarding the Environment Against Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
January 29, 2024, Quezon City— The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB), United Nations Development Organization (UNIDO), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and Ecowaste Coalition, in their effort to strengthen the management of the Polychlorinated Biphenyls or PCBs released into the environment, organized a signing ceremony between 29 EcoWaste Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006227224517236971noreply@blogger.com0