MMDA starts removing campaign posters after Eleksyon 2025

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), in cooperation with the Commission on Elections (Comelec), started to remove campaign posters on Wednesday after the May 2025 midterm polls.

MMDA said the removal of campaign posters started at the Regalado bridge on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.

The collected items will be transported to some bases in Ortigas and Marikina areas, MMDA added.

According to MMDA, the removed campaign materials will be donated to partner beneficiaries like prisons, as well as the organization for the handicapped Tahanang Walang Hagdan and the environmental group EcoWaste Coalition.

Photo from MMDA

On Tuesday, EcoWaste Coalition called on candidates to help in removing the campaign materials they used for the elections.

“This isn’t just about picking up trash. It is about setting the tone for responsible leadership… Candidates should not disappear after election day," EcoWaste Coalition's Cris Lague said.

"The mess they leave behind speaks volumes, and the least they can do is clean it up. This is a recurring problem every election season, revealing how candidates often neglect the environmental impact of their campaigns,” added Lague.

The group also called for Comelec and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to coordinate with local governments to closely coordinate the proper implementation of post-election clean-up rules and long-term measures to minimize campaign waste in future elections.

“This cycle of waste and neglect has to end… If candidates truly want to lead, they must show that they can also clean up after themselves and protect the environment while doing so,” the group said.

Meanwhile, the MMDA on Tuesday said a total of 6.1 tons or 6,100 kilograms of trash were collected in the National Capital Region on Election Day.

In its report, MMDA said 288 bags of garbage were picked up from 17 cities and a town in Metro Manila.

The area with the most trash collected is Malabon with 1.48 tons or 1,480 kilos, followed by Manila with 0.97 tons, Parañaque with 0.72 tons, and District I-B in Quezon City with 0.59 tons. —VAL, GMA Integrated News

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