{"id":6272,"date":"2026-05-05T18:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forgiving-scarlet-fox.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/?p=6272"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:04:15","slug":"sm-coastal-cleanups-go-beyond-trash-teach-communities-to-care-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digi-ph.com\/?p=6272","title":{"rendered":"SM Coastal Cleanups Go Beyond Trash, Teach Communities to Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6273\" style=\"width: 1373px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6273\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-05-17-59-40-377_com.android.chrome-edit.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteers from SM City Tanza take part in a coastal cleanup and waste segregation activity in observance of World Water Day, turning community action into a hands-on lesson on protecting shorelines and keeping waste out of the sea.\" width=\"1373\" height=\"1030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-05-17-59-40-377_com.android.chrome-edit.jpg 1373w, https:\/\/digi-ph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-05-17-59-40-377_com.android.chrome-edit-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digi-ph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-05-17-59-40-377_com.android.chrome-edit-1068x801.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1373px) 100vw, 1373px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers from SM City Tanza take part in a coastal cleanup and waste segregation activity in observance of World Water Day, turning community action into a hands-on lesson on protecting shorelines and keeping waste out of the sea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In celebration of <\/span><b>World Water Day<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, SM Supermalls, through its corporate social responsibility arm, <\/span><b>SM Cares<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, organized coastal cleanup activities across six locations with seven participating malls across nationwide, reinforcing its long-term commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainable waste management in its most-loved malls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year\u2019s coastal cleanup emphasized enhanced <\/span><b>waste segregation education<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to deepen understanding among volunteers and communities on proper sorting, recycling, and disposal of collected waste. It also underscored that everyday actions\u2014from responsible waste disposal to recycling\u2014play a critical role in protecting marine ecosystems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The coastal cleanup activities took place across <\/span><b>SM City La Union, SM City Urdaneta Central, SM City Tanza, SM City Daet, SM City Consolacion, SM Seaside City Cebu, and SM J Mall,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> bringing together communities in a shared effort to protect local coastal environments and divert waste away from the ocean.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the cleanups, collected waste was carefully <\/span><b>sorted and categorized<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, allowing participants to see firsthand the types of materials commonly found in coastal areas\u2014from plastic packaging and beverage containers to other discarded items that threaten marine life and coastal habitats.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By focusing on waste analysis and segregation, raised awareness on the impact of improperly managed waste and encouraged Filipinos to adopt more responsible environmental practices in their daily lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exciting news awaits you in this latest story!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347,342],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest","category-stories"],"pageone_source":{"pageone_source":"ORIGINAL","author_name":"JL Aquino"},"_pageone_source":"ORIGINAL","zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ph.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ph.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ph.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ph.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ph.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ph.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ph.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ph.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ph.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ph.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}