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EcoWaste Coalition to PBBM: Waste-to-Energy Is Not the Answer to Flooding

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr’s recent pronouncement links waste-to-energy (WtE) to flood control, implying that incinerating municipal solid waste and plastic could somehow mitigate flooding. However, flooding in the Philippines is primarily a result of poor urban planning, deforestation, clogged waterways,…