The Philippines is turning the tide on plastic waste

New law has made companies responsible for keeping their products out of the sea

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Household waste is screened for recyclable material in Mabalacat, Pampanga. (Photo by Jilson Tiu)

Nanette Medved-Po is founder of PCX Markets, a credit marketplace funding the cleanup of plastic pollution, and of PCX Solutions, which manages a framework for verifiable plastic crediting programs called the Plastic Pollution Reduction Standard.

The Philippines, long one of the biggest producers of oceanic plastic waste, is now moving quickly and boldly to tackle this crisis.

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