Cagayan de Oro Embraces EcoBags
To reduce the use of plastic bags and to promote the city's campaign for the environment , a Memorandum of Agreement for the "CdeO EcoBag", an initiative of the Environment & Natural Resources Committee and the Social Services Committee, was jointly signed by City Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Y. Emano and representatives of the major malls and supermarkets (like Ororama, Gaisano, Robinsons, Savemore and SM City) in the city during this week’s flagraising ceremony at the City Hall. This City Ordinance #12395-12 is dubbed as the City Ecobag Project.
The supermarkets and major malls around Cagayan de Oro will no longer give out plastic bags or containers to their customers unless they would opt for it. It is known to the public that SM Supermarkets have observed the "No plastic bag day" or...
