During her speech at the launching of the Philippine Action Plan for Sustainable Consumption and Production on Feb. 13, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources chief said that the country’s inadequate solid waste management system has been challenged by the parallel effects of being an international hub for manufacturing and production, as well as increased consumption.
“The sustainable production and consumption policies we design must therefore be trans-disciplinal, time-sensitive, and spatially targeted in order for them to be transformational,” the DENR chief said.