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Cabinet members share early plans to deal with flooding, including rainwater collection and better waste management, after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. spoke out against corruption in flood control projects.

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00:00Cabinet members share early plans to deal with flooding, including rainwater collection and better waste management,
00:07after President Ferdinand Marx Jr. spoke out against corruption in flood control projects.
00:12Environment Secretary Rafael Lotilia says they are working with Housing Secretary Ping Aliling
00:17to create a policy that would either encourage or require housing developers to add cisterns to their projects.
00:23Cisterns collect rainwater and help ease pressure on drainage systems during heavy rain by storing water temporarily.
00:29Lotilia adds that garbage blocks drainage systems, making flooding even worse.
00:34Meantime, environmental groups call in the Philippine government, especially the Department of Environment and Natural Resources,
00:40to push for a strong global plastics treaty that would reduce plastic production.
00:45The DENR leads the Philippines' allegation in the negotiations.
00:49Marian Ledesma of Greenpeace Philippines says, quote,
00:52Floods are the symptom. The plastic crisis is part of the disease.
00:56In a recent The Green Report interview, Jam Lorenzo of Bandtoxics points out that plastic production started as a waste management issue.
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