Stop Trying to “Educate” People About Recycling
For years, recycling programs in the Philippines have relied on one main strategy: educate people more. Posters went up, seminars were conducted, and reminders about segregation flooded offices, schools, and barangays. Yet rivers are still clogged, bins are still mixed, and landfills continue to grow. It’s not that Filipinos don’t understand recycling. It’s that information alone rarely changes daily habits . People rarely live sustainably because of another lecture; they do it when doing the...
