EDITORIAL Zero matters

Earlythis month, the Philippines accounted for the largest portion of the pie with 356,371 metric tons annually, surpassing India with 126,513 metric tons, according to a pie graph published by Visual Capitalist that pollutes the oceans the most with plastic debris.

It is indeed disturbing that we contribute 35% of the plastic in the ocean.

This, however, comes as no surprise. Our country, which has 4,820 plastic-emitting rivers, has a dismal waste management record.

This means that the real reason we could blame is ourselves, Filipinos who are still as if novices at sanitation. We live irresponsive to the need for change we all aim for, but we turn a blind eye instead.

If we do not act as early as now, then who will? Would we let our motherland be buried in tons and tons of garbage until the time came that we could not move freely at all because we are already surrounded by garbage? If we still cannot take action, we may reach a point of no return in ten years or less.