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The DENR is pushing a one-year phaseout of plastic stirrers and straws in the Philippines. This will allow stakeholders time to prepare for the ban and transition to alternatives. Plastic stirrers and straws were the first products added to the country's list of banned non-environmentally acceptable products due to their negative environmental impact and availability of reusable alternatives.

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Sales Environment Activity - Tejada, Matthew C.

The DENR is pushing a one-year phaseout of plastic stirrers and straws in the Philippines. This will allow stakeholders time to prepare for the ban and transition to alternatives. Plastic stirrers and straws were the first products added to the country's list of banned non-environmentally acceptable products due to their negative environmental impact and availability of reusable alternatives.

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Matthew C.

Tejada

IV-BA1

Business Environment

Mrs. Mary Grace Castillo

DENR pushes one-year phaseout of plastic stirrers, straws


By Catherine Teves  

February 9, 2021

MANILA – Stakeholders in the industry of plastic coffee stirrers and softdrink straws will have a year to
phase out these soon-to-be-banned non-environmentally acceptable products (NEAPs).

The grace period would help them prepare for the ban and adjust accordingly, according to Environment
Undersecretary Benny Antiporda, also National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC)
alternate chairperson, on Tuesday.

"There'll be a phase-out period so their industry won't be that affected," he said.

He noted the one-year countdown will begin after publication of the official resolution banning plastic
coffee stirrers and softdrink straws nationwide. Both are the first two products for inclusion in the
country's maiden NEAP list of prohibited items.

NSWMC already approved such products' inclusion in that long-overdue list, the environment
department noted in its Feb. 3, 2021 press release.

Republic Act 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000) ordered NSWMC to prepare, within
one year from effectivity of this law and in consultation with stakeholders concerned, a list of NEAPs
that the government will ban. According to RA 9003's implementing rules and regulations, NEAPs are
"products or packaging that are unsafe in production, use, post-consumer use, or that produce or
release harmful products".

Plastic coffee stirrers and softdrink straws made it to the NEAP list as Antiporda said studies showed
these are not environment-friendly. "Those are also the first products that we saw have alternatives," he
said. Among the alternatives are reusable straws and stirrers. "We can live without plastic coffee stirrers
and softdrink straws since these are not necessities," said Antiporda.

Studies and public consultations on other products will continue to determine which of these will also
make it to the NEAP list, he said. NSWMC must annually review and update the list.

RA 9003 prohibits banning NEAPs unless the NSWMC finds alternatives available to the public at costs
that are not more than 10 percent higher than the corresponding prices of items these will replace.

The law also said that "notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary," its section on NEAPs "shall
not apply to Packaging used at hospitals, nursing homes or other medical facilities; and Any packaging
which is not environmentally acceptable, but for which there is no commercially available alternative as
determined by the Commission". (PNA) 

Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1130089

This news article is under macroenvironment (legal environment), this policy will make businesses that
uses plastic straw, bags, stirrers, etc. to use other alternatives such as paper or cloth-based packaging
materials, purchasing plastic bags in bulk helps businesses to cut costs and increase their profit margins,
shifting to non-plastic alternatives thus increases the cost for producers, sellers as well as the customers.
This also has a negative impact on the purchasing power of the customer which ultimately leads to a
decrease in demand.

A plastic ban law increases the price of goods and services, reduces the profit of manufacturers and thus
there is a decrease in economic activity in the area where the ban is imposed. There is a negative effect
on business sales and profits from plastic bans. It provides an unfair advantage to the people operating
in areas where no plastic ban is imposed.

The cost of plastic packaging which is included in the cost of the main product itself will be removed
once the plastic is banned which might lower the cost of items and thus benefit the customer.

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