The Philippine Government has banned the use of plastics as this is the cause of floods, instead of solving the problem by fixing the real cause of floods which is indiscriminate littering, poor or no drainage, no recycling program. Although there is waste segregation here, all of it gets mixed up again in the same dumpsite, other countries have a recycling program which sorts / segregates most of its waste for processing, then sells the recycled raw materials with little profit, that's why most facilities are government-owned. Saves the environment, employs, and reduces raw materials imports at the same time.