Zero Waste News: Beach audit reveals which brands are worst offenders for plastic waste

Knowing where trash comes from is the first step in figuring out better, more sustainable solutions.

Freedom Island is a beautiful stretch of mangrove-lined beach, just outside of Manila, in the Philippines. It is an artificial beach, created in the 1970s when a coastal highway was built, but it has become an important habitat for migrating birds from Siberia, Japan, and China. The government declared it a 'critical habitat' in 2007 and it was listed as a 'Ramsar wetland of international importance' in 2013.

Unfortunately, Freedom Island is also covered in trash. It is considered to be one of the dirtiest places in the Philippines, a country that already is notorious for mismanaging 1.88 million metric tonnes of plastic waste annually. In an effort to figure out what kinds of trash are clogging the beach -- and which companies are responsible for producing this trash -- Greenpeace Philippines conducted a 'waste audit,' together with partners from the #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement.

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Source: https://www.treehugger.com

 

 

 

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