Manila, May 19 -- Provincial Board Member Karmila Rose Dimamay is repurposing her campaign tarpaulin posters into tote bags, which she distributes at markets to lessen the use of plastic bags.

Dimamay, who secured her third and final term, said her team began taking down her campaign materials a day before the May 12 elections.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said all campaign materials must be removed until May 17 or five days after the nationwide voting.

The materials were then sewn into reusable tote bags.

"It has been my practice since I was first elected in 2019 to recycle my campaign tarpaulins into tote bags after the elections," she said in an interview Monday.

She hopes other candidates would follow suit.

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