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A recent study shows that some hospitals in Metro Manila produce an average of 226 kg of waste each day. Environmental group Health Care Without Harm shares the challenges of managing health care waste amid the pandemic.

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Single-use plastics have been banned in close to 500 cities, municipalities, and provinces in the Philippines. Now the Climate Change Commission and other groups are proposing a nationwide ban.

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Eight corporations have been consistent top plastic waste polluters for the past three years. We spoke with Jeff Chua from Greenpeace, one of the organizations behind the Break Free from Plastics campaign, about keeping manufacturers accountable. We also talked about another contributor to waste: our response to the pandemic.

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Single-use plastics have been banned in close to 500 cities, municipalities, and provinces in the Philippines. Now the Climate Change Commission and other groups are proposing a nationwide ban.

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Outbreaks and diseases, often with society-ending repercussions, have been a widely used plot point in many works of fiction. Dr. Theresa Mundita Lim, Executive Director for the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity, talks to us about COVID-19 as a zoonotic disease, and how we can help prevent science fiction from becoming science fact. This podcast was produced in partnership with the Earth Journalism Network and Internews.

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The Malampaya power plant in Palawan provides 40% of Luzon's energy needs. But there are many in remote areas of the province who still don't have electricity. Broadcaster Gerry Ortega crusaded against this inequity until ten years ago, when he was silenced for it.

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President Duterte himself has been very vocal about his diseases. His spokesmen say time and time again that he's healthy for his age. It's a long list of illnesses suffered by the president, let's take a look at all of them. Check out Huli Sa Balita for the full explainer https://spoti.fi/2QrzsLZ

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What does it take to be a champion of the environment in the Philippines? Bravery. Love for the land. And belief in a better world. We talk to environmentalists who continued the work that Leonard Co started.

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Linmae Co used to go to UP Diliman with her father, Leonard, who taught biology there. He would tour her around and show her the wildlife that grew on campus. Once, he pointed to a native dita tree, and said, this was where he wanted to be buried. She fulfilled that wish sooner than anyone would have imagined.

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Leonard Co believed that to heal the environment, we have to go back to our roots. Literally. As one of the country's leading botanists he studied and made important discoveries about our indigenous plants and trees.

But a decade ago in Kananga, Leyte, he was cut down.

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