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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Peter Blaza and Jay Ereño

SHOCKING: Cleanup day comes to philippine capital s polluted bay - What They Never Told You

Volunteers pick up trash along the shore of Manila Bay on International Coastal Cleanup Day in Pasay City, Philippines, September 17, 2022. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

Hundreds of volunteers joined a mass cleanup drive along the coast of the polluted Manila Bay in the Philippine capital to mark International Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday.

Volunteers and government workers, including hundreds of coast guard personnel, collected sachets, rubber slippers and other non-biodegradable waste that have been washed in the Manila Bay, a 60 km (37 mile) semi-enclosed estuary facing the South China Sea.

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