The haul collected from a 6.98-kilometer coastline in 12 coastal villages confirms what was anticipated: Cagayan de Oro's coastal areas are filled with quickly discarded plastic items like wrappers, sachets, pouches, and plastic materials
were collected by 1,526 volunteers on Saturday, September 16, when Cagayan de Oro City once again joined the International Coastal Clean-up campaign.
Forester Mercedita Barbarona, deputy chief for conservation and development of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Northern Mindanao, said the ban onBarbarona referred to City Ordinance No. 13378-2018, the Integrated Ecological Solid Waste Management Ordinance of Cagayan de Oro, that took effect on January 1, 2019. The ban affected groceries, restaurants, fast-food chains, and all other stores selling consumer goods such as groceries.
Although single-use plastic products could take at least 20 years to decompose, faster than coffee cups , plastic cutlery items , plastic straws , and plastic bottles , these LDPE bags have been the common culprit in clogged-up waterways, which cause urban flooding. These, she said, include food wrappers, used sachets and pouches , grocery bags or eco-bags, plastic soft drink and water bottles, plastic bottle caps, and plastic soft drink or juice cups.
For instance, in the villages of Lapasan and Puntod, women have organized themselves in the recycling of plastic items, including wrappers, sachets, pouches, bottles, and cups, into bags and house decors. But even with these trash traps, both villages together account for more than half of Saturday’s 18-ton collection of non-biodegradables: Lapasan, 4,736 kilos, and Puntod, 4,895 kilos.
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