Plastic trash from the ‘sachet economy’ chokes the Philippines’ seas

Mongabay
Oct 9, 2018, 8:00 am281 pts
MANILA, Philippines — Freedom Island is drowning in garbage. The last coastal frontier in the Philippine capital provides refuge to migratory birds and a thick mangrove forest there serves as a natural typhoon barrier for millions of city dwellers. Yet empty plastic water and soda bottles protrude from the…

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