‘Plastic holidays on mystic island’: Siquijor’s journey to be the Philippines’ first zero waste destination

Excerpt from eco-business.com

The island in the Central Visayas region shows that zero waste strategies can work, but experts warn its success won’t last without caps on plastic production.

Some 900 kilometres south of Metro Manila in the Philippines’ Central Visayas region lies the small beach destination of Siquijor, the country’s “mystic island” – a moniker born out of the charm of the destination’s white sand beaches, cascading waterfalls and centuries-old traditions of folk healing and witchcraft.