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Philippines: Groups campaign for waste reduction in cemeteries, urge the public not to become "Zombasura".
Section: General News - Concerned groups have combined their voices to encourage the public not to sully the cemeteries with trash.
In a joint action on Wednesday, Oct. 27, the EcoWaste Coalition, Miss Earth Foundation and the management of the Manila North Cemetery urged citizens not to turn into Zombasura this coming Todos los Santos or Undas.
The event also drew the support of Buklod Tao, Diocese of Kalookan Ecology Ministry, Manila City Health Office and the Manila Department of Public Services.
A Zombasura (a word jumble of zombie and basura or trash), the groups explained, is a creature who does not care for her or his surroundings and tend to litter the graveyard with rubbish.
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