Team members
Harold Banggay
Project Lead
Jason Tajores
Asst. Project Lead
Mikee Lapidez
Secretary
Tricia Firman
Phase 1 Lead
Amiel Lopez
Phase 3 Lead
Marvelous Camilo
Phase 2 Lead
Yrik Tolentino
Logistics
Plastic Pollution Challenge
The United Nation has declared 2021-2030 as a critical decade for Ecosystem Restoration. More so, despite the pandemic, plastic pollution did not stop and it continues to persist and impact vulnerable communities and species. In Davao Gulf alone, hundreds of cetacean species were found dead for the year 2018-2021 because of plastic ingestion. In addition, the Ecological Solid Waste Management is a challenge in its implementation because of the surge of plastics that each local government unit can’t accommodate at all. Thus, the plastic pollution challenge of this project is Prevent the production and consumption of plastic, reduce single-use plastics and offer models for reuse, educate and empower people to change their behavior.
The goal of our innovation is to engage with civil society, businesses, and government to highlight our collective action towards combating plastic pollution. With this hybrid approach, we highlight three main strategies: (1) Network Building (in Businesses), (2) Policymaking (in the Local Government), and (3) Community Prototyping (with the Civil Society). In this way, we empower each sector to commit towards a sustainable and zero-waste society. With this scalable, tangible, and replicable innovation, we hope to contribute to ending plastic pollution.
Solution
Network Building
- Involve businesses in Samal Island (e.g., beach resorts, restaurants, and other establishments) to shift to sustainable alternatives by evaluating them through our developed toolkit and to creating a geo-mapping to promote their enterprises.
- At least a minimum of 100 businesses in each three Barangays will be part of this network and those that are part of this network will form and continue the network.
Community Prototyping
- Involve local communities in Samal Island to co-create a “Wala Usik” or Zero-Waste stores that would produce sustainable alternatives to plastics.
- Easier for our partners to come on board since this station is non-obtrusive and does not require much effort on their end (and the local ordinance to Ban single-use plastics will take effect to them, allowing them to participate by providing sustainable alternatives on a grassroots level).
- Serves as an incubation opportunity for partner innovators at DOST Project to improve the product over time and introduce other iterations.
Policymaking
- Involve the Local Government Unit to implement legislations towards banning Single-Use Plastics to systematically address plastic pollution and promote sustainable alternatives supported by the Business Network and Communities.
- Create a multi-stakeholder representation on the creation of the local ordinance (e.g., Basureros/Waste Collectors, Junkshops operators, businesses, vendor and wet market associations, local communities, etc.) especially those that may be impacted by the said ordinance.
Contact
For more informations about us :
