President Duterte is eyeing to ban the use of plastics in the country in an effort to save the environment. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President brought up the idea during a cabinet meeting on November 6. According to an article by the Agence France-Presse, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) reported that almost 48 million shopping bags are used in the Philippines Daily, which leads to 17 million bags a year. It should be noted that the figure excludes over 16.5 billion smaller, thinner and transparent plastics bags used annual across the country.
