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Defending the incineration ban from being weakened and violated is a major concern for the Coalition. The Coalition is comprised of member groups representing diverse interests and priorities. Members have the bene t of: obtaining support for advocacies and other e orts accessing information on focus issues and campaigns.
Defending the incineration ban from being weakened and violated is a major concern for the Coalition. The Coalition is comprised of member groups representing diverse interests and priorities. Members have the bene t of: obtaining support for advocacies and other e orts accessing information on focus issues and campaigns.
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Defending the incineration ban from being weakened and violated is a major concern for the Coalition. The Coalition is comprised of member groups representing diverse interests and priorities. Members have the bene t of: obtaining support for advocacies and other e orts accessing information on focus issues and campaigns.
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Climate Justice The EcoWaste Coalition is comprised of member
We campaign for the groups representing diverse interests and priorities, diversion of discards but sharing a common love and resolve to protect from dumpsites and Mother Nature from being trashed and destroyed. incin er ator s that Participating groups subscribe to the Unity Statement produce greenhouse of the Coalition and adhere to the basic principles of gases and byproduct environmental and social justice, gender-fairness, POPs that poison democracy and non-violence. co mmunities . We are commit ted to Members have the benefit of: the closure, cleanup • obtaining support for advocacies and other efforts and rehabilitation • accessing information on focus issues and of dumpsites, their campaigns replacement with community-oriented clean recycling • participating in the General Assembly centers, and the provision of humane and sustainable • being involved in the Steering Committee and the livelihood for the informal recyclers. Defending the Task Forces incineration ban from being weakened and violated is a major concern for the Coalition. Stopping open burning • taking part in our other activities in backyards, farms and dumps is another key task. International Collaboration Ecological Agriculture • Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives We promote ecological agriculture, including non-GMO, organic and natural farming, to cut use on agrochemicals • Greenpeace Southeast Asia toward their replacement with non-synthetic substitutes • Health Care Without Harm that will restore the health and fertility of depleted soils, • International POPs Elimination Network protect our water sources, and realize food safety and • Non-Combustion POPs Project on PCBs security for all. • Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
Plastic Use Reduction
We work for the phase out and ban of single–use plastic Join Us bags and promote the use of eco-friendly bags and Be a member group of the EcoWaste Coalition. containers as a practical strategy for marine protection Together, let us combine and magnify our voice and conservation and climate change mitigation. and action to solve our garbage woes, keep the environment safe and clean, uphold the health P R O M OT I N G Other Specific Engagements In line with our mission, we participate in various social and environmental campaigns, such as the Stop Toxic of our children, women, workers, farmers and communities and address climate change E N V I R O N M EN TA L Debt, for the cancellation of debt payments to Austria for defunct medical waste incinerators; Lead Paint To join, participate or donate, please contact the EcoWaste Coalition’s Secretariat at: J U ST I C E A N D Elimination Network, for the removal of lead in paints; and the E-Waste Action Now, for just and sustainable solutions to the mounting e-waste problem. We Unit 329, Eagle Court, 26 Matalino St, Barangay Central, 1101 Quezon City, Philippines S T E WA R DS H I P Phone/Fax: +632-441-1846 likewise support citizens’ efforts on breastfeeding, Email: info@ecowastecoalition.org tobacco control, aerial spraying ban, and other related initiatives. Website: www.ecowastecoalition.org
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Our ISSUES and CAMPAIGNS: The Ecological Waste Coalition of the Philippines (EcoWaste Coalition) is a public interest network of community, church, school, environmental and health groups united by the common goal to end wasting through the promotion of environmental justice and stewardship.
Sustainable Consumption and Lifestyle
We inform and encourage Filipino consumers to minimize the environmental, climate and social impacts of their consumption pattern, through timely eco-advisories towards simple, low-carbon and non- toxic living. Chemical Safety We raise public awareness and alertness on chemicals in products, wastes The EcoWaste Coalition defines Zero Waste or “Walang Aksaya” as “the synergy of principles, and surroundings that cultures, beliefs, systems, methods and technologies that aims to eliminate wasting and ensure can jeopardize human and environmental full and beneficial use of resources to restore ecological balance and provide for the needs of all health. The Coalition creation.” focuses on dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls and other VISION and MISSION persistent organic pollutants (POPs); lead, EcoWaste Coalition envisions a Zero Waste Philippines by 2020 by pursuing sustainable solutions mercury and other heavy metals; and other chemicals to waste, climate change and chemical issues facing the country and the world of concern that poison our children, women, waste and sanitation workers, and other vulnerable members of the society. We are also concerned with the trade in toxic products, wastes and technologies.
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