Tag: rubbish

Rowers dredge waste in days-long Hungary race

by Géza Molnar / Balazs Wizner Agence France-Presse ZÁHONY, Hungary (AFP) — The 150-odd competitors meeting on the banks of Hungary’s second largest river carried somewhat unusual equipment for a boat race — protective gloves, rubber boots and large bags. Their challenge was to collect as much rubbish as possible from the Tisza, in the northeast of the country on the Ukrainian border, navigating it on rafts, built themselves from trash, for nine days. “Every […]

Malaya surprised by “rubbish” tag on reports submitted by PNP, OSG

(Eagle News)–Interior undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya on Tuesday, Sept. 24, expressed surprise over the “rubbish” tag given to the reports on the drug war submitted by the Office of the Solicitor General and the Philippine National Police. The tag was given by the Center for International Law in its manifestation and motion asking the Supreme Court to cite the PNP and the OSG in contempt. The submission of the documents was in compliance with […]

Dead whale sculpture raises awareness on plastic waste in the Philippines

  (Reuters) — An environment group has launched a 50-foot (15.2-metre) sculpture of a dead whale made out of plastic waste in a campaign to raise awareness about the effects of dumping rubbish in the sea and on the beach. Greenpeace Philippines mounted the sculpture on Thursday (May 11) on the shores of Naic town in Cavite Province, south of Manila, using over 60 kg of plastic bottles, cups, bags and other disposable waste found […]