Publication: Reducing Plastic Waste in the Philippines: An Assessment of Policies and Regulations to Guide Country Dialogue and Facilitate Action
Date
2022
ISSN
Published
2022
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Solid waste management (SWM) in the Philippines continues to be hampered by gaps and issues despite the passage of the Ecological Solid Waste Management
Act of 2000. One of these issues involves plastic waste
whose impacts have extended beyond the country’s terrestrial
boundaries. Studies have shown that the Philippines,
together with China, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam,
accounts for 55 to 60 percent of plastic waste entering the
ocean. Globally, the Philippines has one of the highest
rates of mismanaged plastic waste recycling, with only about
28 percent of the key resins it consumed in 2019 being
recycled. Unrecycled plastics are disposed of in dumpsites
and landfills, remain as litter, or accumulate in sewers,
drainage systems, and rivers before being discharged into
surrounding marine water bodies. This study assesses
national-level policies governing the management of plastics
waste in the Philippines. The study aims to support the
government’s efforts to improve the management of such waste
and to facilitate circular-economy practices. The study
included a desk review and analysis of current SWM
conditions, existing policies, and current and pending
legislation related to recycling and plastics waste
management. Consultations with key stakeholders in the
private and public sectors in plastics waste management
supplemented the review.
Citation
“World Bank. 2022. Reducing Plastic Waste in the Philippines: An Assessment of Policies and Regulations to Guide Country Dialogue and Facilitate Action. East Asia and Pacific Region, Marine Plastics Series;. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37756 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”