WWF-PH exec urges candidates to tackle waste management

MANILA, Philippines --- On the 12th year of Earth Hour, Joel Palma, president and chief executive officer of World Wide Fund (WWF) Philippines, called on the candidates for the midterm polls to also give importance to the environment. On Saturday, hours before participants to Earth Hour switch off their lights at 8:30 p.m., Palma said candidates should address the issue of plastic use and solid waste management. "We should be looking at the single-use plastic. We should be able to regulate that," Palma said in an interview, speaking party in Filipino. This single-use plastic is one wasteful means. Single-use, we throw it out, not realizing that we are also contributing to clima...

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