📋 Tender Overview
The Supreme Court has taken the lead in encouraging all courts and personnel of the Judiciary not to use single-use plastics in daily activities and operations.
Protecting the people’s constitutional right to a balanced and healthful ecology, the Court, in Memorandum Order No. 74-2024, urged all offices in the Supreme Court and lower-level courts, as well as concessionaires within any court premise, to be mindful of their consumption of single-use plastics.
Single-use plastics, such as plastic bags, straws, cups, cutlery, plates, and food containers, contribute to environmental degradation, waterway pollution, and marine life destruction.
As an alternative, use of sustainable materials such as cloth bags, metal or bamboo straws, reusable cutlery, plates, and food containers, is encouraged.
Procurement officers in the Judiciary must also consider avoiding the purchase of single-use plastics in favor of reusable or recyclable materials.
If plastic products are necessary and unavoidable, they should be reused, recycled, and disposed of properly, in accordance with the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
The law mandates the adoption of a systematic, comprehensive, and ecological solid waste management program that ensures the protection of public health and the environment.
The law also sets guidelines and targets for solid waste avoidance and volume reduction through source reduction and waste minimization measures. The guidelines are complemented by various local ordinances banning the use of single-use plastics.
