Respect the dead; don’t litter during Undas, urges EcoWaste Coalition

"Igalang ang mga patay. Igalang ang kalikasan," said the EcoWaste Coalition on Sunday while roaming around in La Loma Cemetery with some kids and Basura Monster, a mascot built from trash.

According to the environmental coalition, tons of trash are left in the cemetery every All Saints’ Day, including food packaging, plastic bottles,and cigarette stubs.

The group also urged candidates to stop posting tarpaulins and handing out leaflets so that they will not add to the trash.

Some of the group's members will monitor cemeteries on Monday.

EcoWaste Coalition also warned that its members will take photos of people who leave trash, and give them to cemetery authorities. — Joviland Rita/BM, GMA News