Where MARITES Lead Grassroots Actions Against Marine Plastic Pollution
A Marites travels by the neighborhood grapevine, they linger in the communal corners of the barangay where they keep vigilant watch. A Filipino slang for gossiper, a Marites is the community's staple for the latest on neighbor affairs. But in Tandag City, along the northeastern coast of Mindanao,the MARITES gather plastics, not gossip, spreading awareness, not rumors, mobilizing their communities to protect its most precious waterways and seas from dangers and threats of plastic pollution.
