Single Use Plastic

♻️ 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄 𝐔𝐒𝐄 🌱

Single-use plastics may be convenient, but their impact on our planet lasts far longer than their use. 🌍 By choosing sustainable alternatives like reusable bottles, eco-bags, and biodegradable materials—you become part of the movement to protect our environment and secure a cleaner future. 🌿

Let’s shift the norm, one mindful decision at a time. Together, we can pave the way for a greener, cleaner future. 🌿🌎

🚨 The Philippines is drowning in plastic: 2.7 million tonnes of waste yearly, with 20% polluting our oceans. With 163 million sachets used daily and no strong national policy, our seas, wildlife, and health are under threat. This is not just pollution — it's a national emergency. 🛑🌍

Read our News Report based on “Reducing plastic waste isn’t in the bag — yet” by Mikael Angelo S. Francisco, Heinrich Böll Foundation Southeast Asia (Jan 20, 2025), to know more about this crisis on plastic pollution in the Philippines.

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Every cardboard box, piece of paper, or plastic bottle is an opportunity for work. All you have to do is pick it up and sell it.

Through our network of branches and dealers, Mpact Recycling helps make recycling a practical way to earn money - building a circular economy that creates value from what others throw away.

Sell your recycling to the nearest Mpact Recycling branch or dealer:
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How to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle?

Single-use plastic is suffocating our planet, polluting oceans, poisoning wildlife, and contaminating the very air, water, and soil we need to survive. 🌍💔
Every plastic bottle, bag, and wrapper thrown away today will remain for centuries, leaving devastation in its wake.
This crisis is human-made, and only human action can stop it.
Small daily choices have massive power.
This isn’t just an environmental crisis but a threat to our future.
We cannot recycle our way out of this. We must refuse, reduce, and replace.
Refuse plastic. Replace it with reusable, sustainable alternatives. Rethink the way we live before the damage is irreversible.
Demand better. Fight for a future that’s still possible.
There is no Planet B. There is no more time to waste. Act now. 🌿

Summer doesn’t feel the same anymore. 🥵

In this piece, our very own Pocholo Goitia reflects on how the season we once loved now carries the weight of the climate crisis, and what we can do about it this coming elections.

Read: https://act.gp/4invXO1

Frusztráló tud lenni, ha tisztában vagyunk a természetet fenyegető veszélyekkel, de eszköztelennek érezzük magunkat velük szemben. Az óceánok állapota sokunk számára pont ilyen lehet: jelenleg csak mintegy 1%-uk védett, élőviláguk helyzete lesújtó, miközben mindannyian függünk tőlük - de mégis mit tehetnénk?

Összegyűjtöttük nektek, hogy itt, a szárazfölddel körülvett Magyarországon milyen lehetőségeink vannak az óceáni élet védelmére, illetve a további károkozás elkerülésére. Blogposztunkat megtaláljátok a kommentek között!

📸© Greenpeace / Gavin Newman

Dolphins and whales are routinely exploited, bred and sold into aquariums around the world – all in the name of profit. We work to educate the public and to expose the issues dolphins and whales face in the aquarium trade. More and how you can help at: bit.ly/AboutDolphinProject