Environment

Coca-Cola Europacific Aboitiz Philippines (CCEAP) and Shell Pilipinas Corporation have officially renewed their partnership for the Tapon to Ipon program, extending a collaboration first launched in 2023 to expand post-consumer PET bottle collection and recycling across the country.

As families return from Undas trips and cemetery visits, Manila Water is calling on customers to prioritize household sanitation and take advantage of its scheduled desludging services this November. Regular maintenance keeps septic tanks from overflowing, causing bad smells, or polluting surroundings and waterways. The company recommends desludging every five years to protect family and community health.

Coastal communities in Balanga City once faced constant worry: regular flooding during high tide worsened by storms, and shrinking fish catches as mangrove forests were cut down and damaged.

A community‑led nature‑based restoration project is helping protect over 1,000 Ata‑Manobo residents in Sitio Patil, Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong from worsening riverbank erosion and climate‑driven hazards. Ten major flood and landslide events hit the area between 2020 and 2023, as strong currents at the Kapalong‑Maguimon river confluence wore away soil and threatened homes, farms and ancestral lands.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has launched a country‑wide ecosystem restoration program designed to soften the blow of prolonged dry heat expected under a super El Niño event forecast to last from late this year through the first half of 2027.