President Duterte is amenable to the ban on the use of plastics in the country to curb pollution and protect the environment, Malacañang announced yesterday.
The President recognized that Congress must pass a law implementing a ban on plastic products during the discussion in the Cabinet meeting in Malacanang last Wednesday.
“The President floated the idea to ban the use of plastics, which according to him would require legislative action,” presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said.
The issue on plastic pollution was raised after Vernice Victorio, president and chief executive officer of the Natural Resources Development Corp., shared with the Cabinet the priority programs for environment and climate change resiliency, Panelo said. The State corporation is an attached agency of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Several bills seeking to ban the use of single-use plastic products are pending in Congress amid concerns such products end up polluting the oceans and killing marine life. (Genalyn Kabiling)
