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Solutions and Strategies to Reduce Damaging Impact of Single-Use Plastic Bag in Toledo City

Amalee: Indonesian Journal of Community Research and Engagement

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Title Solutions and Strategies to Reduce Damaging Impact of Single-Use Plastic Bag in Toledo City
 
Creator Genon, Jamaica
Mabunay, Jessa
Opsima, James
Zamora, Rochelle
Repaso, Jay
Sasan, John Michael Villagorda
 
Description The goal of this study is to gain a better understanding of residents' personal concerns about improper plastic disposal and to give voice to their thoughts about the  Toledo City Government's prospective ideas and approaches for minimizing the city's plastic pollution.  Residents of Magdugo, Toledo City, Cebu, Philippines, have been subjected to increasing levels of plastic pollution. The vast number of discarded plastic items that eventually end up in canals, drainage systems, and city streets, generating flooding that poses a severe challenge in agriculture, health, and sanitation. According to the findings, the city's inefficient waste management system has resulted in a massive accumulation of durable plastics. Toledo City, on the other hand, has improved waste management, restored cleanliness, and minimized the environmental effect of plastics through regulatory initiatives. The majority of citizens in Toledo City have enthusiastically embraced the city's ordinance prohibiting the use of plastic bags. Plastic bag littering has been shown to decrease throughout the city, resulting in a cleaner and healthier environment. The city's achievement might serve as a model for other places that have yet to abolish plastic bags. As a result of a cleaner and healthier environment, people have become more productive, and tourists have returned to the city, contributing to the city's economic growth. Policy management in the reduction of plastic pollution. 
 
Publisher LP2M INSURI Ponorogo
 
Date 2022-03-19
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://ejournal.insuriponorogo.ac.id/index.php/amalee/article/view/1304
10.37680/amalee.v3i1.1304
 
Source Amalee: Indonesian Journal of Community Research and Engagement; Vol 3 No 1 (2022): Amalee: Indonesian Journal of Community Research and Engagement (in Progress, April 2022); 59-70
2716-0750
2715-7997
10.37680/amalee.v3i1
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://ejournal.insuriponorogo.ac.id/index.php/amalee/article/view/1304/722
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2022 Jamaica Genon, Jessa Mabunay, James Opsima, Rochelle Zamora, Jay Repaso, John Michael Villagorda Sasan
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