With the easing of the Covid-19 restrictions, tons of garbage, including single-use plastics, were left behind in various pilgrimage sites, the waste and pollution watchdog Ecological Waste Coalition of the Philippines Inc. (EcoWaste Coalition) reported.
With the easing of the Covid-19 restrictions, tons of garbage, including single-use plastics, were left behind in various pilgrimage sites, the waste and pollution watchdog Ecological Waste Coalition of the Philippines Inc. reported.
To recall, on the eve of Palm Sunday, the EcoWaste Coalition appealed to the faithful to keep the health and wellness of “’Mother Earth’ in mind as they carry out faith-inspired acts of prayer, atonement, and charity, stressing the need to avoid careless use and disposal of single-use plastics and littering in pilgrimage sites.”
“While some opted to bring their discards home or dispose of them in available bins, many visitors, without remorse, threw or abandoned their trash along the streets and in pilgrimage sites, which are places for prayer and reflection, for cleaners or sweepers to pick up,” observed the EcoWaste Coalition. “Littering, which has become a tradition in itself, is truly appalling and unacceptable.
While the Stations of the Cross at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Marilao, Bulacan was almost litter-free, some visitors left their trash at the site.
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