Starting April this year when Ordinance 993 takes effect, commercial establishments are no longer allowed to use certain plastic products including the ubiquitous "sando bags". Also covered by the ban are plastic cups, straws and the like.
The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (ENRO) plans to conduct an inventory of “single-use plastics and polystyrene foams” that are kept as stocks in establishments in Puerto Princesa City.
The team also proposed a local solution to this global problem” by presenting a machine which turns plastic waste into electric energy called the “Biogreen”.
