A dead whale’s wake-up call

In the morning of May 11, a massive blue whale was found washed ashore in Sea Side Beach Resort, Naic, Cavite.

Discovered by the locals this 50 feet long, 10 feet height blue whale that looked like it’s in the late stage of decomposition, immediately captured the attention of nearby communities and beachgoers.

As groups gathered to haul the dead blue whale, they noticed that its entire body was made of almost 60kgs of plastic wastes found gathered around the area. The slimy innards sprawling out of its’ underbelly was a mix of plastic bags, remains of plastic containers, sachets, bottles and more.

Photos of this morose installation spiraled around social media on the day itself, sparking conversations on plastics pollution—a topic far different from the viral oarfish photos that were said to be a sign of the “end of the world”.

With the Philippines as chair of this year’s ASEAN Summit, Greenpeace Philippines took the opportunity to call upon ASEAN environmental leaders to take concrete measures against plastics pollution and to stop environmental degradation and dying marine life.

With this, we ask the public to support our cause, by strongly pledging to #RefusePlastic and telling ASEAN Countries to end the scourge of plastics by signing the petition http://bit. ly/aseanplastic #RefusePlastic