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EcoWaste Coalition Bares New “No Lead” Imported Paints with High Lead Content

Watchdog Group Calls for Sanctions against Importers of Banned Lead Paints 1 August 2025, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has discovered five more “Standard” spray paints with dangerously high lead content, including three that have the “No…

Healthcare Waste Project Rolls Out Year One Implementation with National Workshop

Quezon City – The Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management Project (HCW Project) kicked off its five-year implementation with a national workshop on Friday, January 31, 2025, marking the end of its inception phase and the execution of its comprehensive…

GEF-UNIDO Healthcare Wastes Project Launches to Pioneer Sustainable Solutions in Philippine Healthcare Waste Management

Quezon City, December 6, 2023 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB), Department of Health (DOH), and BAN Toxics, together with EcoWaste Coalition and Healthcare without Harm-Southeast Asia (HCWH-SEA), have…