PPA port managers ordered to implement ban on single-use plastics

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) ordered all its port managers to strictly implement the ban on all single-use plastics.

PPA Officer in Charge-General Manager Francisquiel O. Mancile said the move is part of the agency’s contribution to address climate change and environmental protection.

“The PPA already has an existing ban on single-use plastics. Since last year, we are not only banning the use and entry of such plastics in the ports but also in all facilities and offices under the agency,” Mancile said.

“While we do not impose any fine or penalty to erring passengers, stakeholders, and employees, we are confiscating these kinds of materials for proper disposal,” he added.

The ban includes plastic cups thinner than 0.2 millimeters, plastic drinking straws, plastic spoons, plastic forks, plastic knives, plastic coffee stirrers, and plastic labo and thinned-filmed sando bags thinner/lighter than 15 microns.