The United Nations General Assembly came upofficially launched with the

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as Global Goalsthe 2030 Agenda

for Sustainable Development, in January 2016. The SGDsIt is composed of 17 global

goals that are targeted to be achieved by the year 2030 and. It was adopted by all member

countries of the United Nations in 2015 Members. To successfully achieve the The

achievement of the SDGs, it requires the cooperation and partnership of governments,

the private sector, civil society, and citizens across the globe..

One of the Sustainable Development GoalsSDGs is Goal 14: Life Below Water,

which aims to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for

sustainable development. Under this goal is that It is targeted to achieve bby 2025, that

marine pollution of all kinds, which was as a result of land-based activities are prevented

and significantly reduced. To lessen the harmful effects of increased ocean acidification

and pollution, effective strategies are needed to advance the sustainable use of oceans.

Plastic,s in any form, has become an important part of our culture today due to its

cheapness and convenience. Based on the website – PlasticOceans.Org, Oover 300

million tons of plastic1 are produced every year. As stated in GlobalCitizen.Org – each

year, of which, around 8 million metric tons of plastic2 enter the world’s oceans. Pollution

brought by plastics has become a major global challenge. The excessive production,

distribution, and consumption of plastic have serious consequences toon the environment

and human health. It also contributeds significantly to climate change.

In the Philippines, plastics caused severe pollution particularly in tourism and

coastal areas, waterways, and public spaces. We experienced blockage in drainages that
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caused flooding, choked of marine and land animals, and took upake up valuable space

in waste disposal facilities where they will persist for thousands of years.

According to the sStudies by the United Nations noted that, the plastic ban is one

of the most effective solutions to pollution. The bBanning of plastic use has already taken

off globally. The Philippines is one of the countries to acknowledged the banning of plastic

and implemented the “Plastic Bag Regulation Act of 2013:” – Aan Aact Rregulating the

Pproduction, Iimportation, Ssale, Pprovision, Uuse, Rrecovery, Ccollection, Rrecycling

and Ddisposal of Pplastic Bbags. Currently, there are at least 27 cities and provinces in Commented [MKBP1]: Law na ito? Anong RA number?
Cant find the law. If di pa law, di pa pwedeng i-cite as this
the country that have a form ofa policy to regulate the use of plastic bags. Existing policies

to regulate the use of plastic bags range from imposing penalties to outright bans.

As an action to the implemented act, the City Government of Pasig passed the

Ordinance No. 9 Series of , s. 2010 entitledon July 1, 2011 – “Bbanning the Uuse of Aany

Fform of Pplastic Bbags on Ddry Ggoods and Rregulating its Uutilization on Wwet

Ggoods, as well as the Uuse of Sstyrofoam and Ssimilar Mmaterials as Ccontainers for

Ffood, Pproduce, and Oother Pproducts, Pproviding Ppenalties for its Vviolation Tthereof

and Ffor Oother Ppurposes.” and started its implementation on July 1, 2011.

Is the ordinance effective? Does it help to achievecontribute to the achievement of

Goal Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water? Commented [MKBP2]: Not sure on how your thesis can
establish this. But okay 

ROCHENE I. GARCIA
MPA