Pasig River Warriors Clean Up World's Most Plastic-Polluting River in Philippine
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2021
- These ‘river warriors’ in Manila, Philippines are working to clean up the Pasig River, the most plastic-polluting river in the world.
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The Pasig River cuts through Manila, the capital of the Philippines, and is responsible for an estimated 6% of the plastic that makes it into the world's oceans from rivers.
This decade-old group has approximately 100 people working against the tide of plastic. Every day the group picks up an average of 80 to100 bags of garbage, but they’ve reached up to 1,000 bags in a single day.
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Theses are the true heroes of the world
This is why we need to educate and provide sufficient infrastructure to people. The amazing job that they are doing should be a job at all, we need to tackle this at a foundational level too. Sending my best wishes to them and their families❤
Musicismylifesupport...
I TOTALLY agree. What I cannot understand is the people. The people the live there should want to keep it clean. Not only for sanitary reasons, but imagine the smell. Education is the key.
Key word infrastructure... And they know all about it.. it's called corruption.... Welcome to kindergarten.... Wake up..
@@conniealford1020 wrong....
@@weeknoww3649 ahh corruption...I should've known. Guess I'm getting naive with my aged brain. My thinking was if my house or yard was like this, I'd want to clean it up. I'm not sure how to correct the corruption other than to call it out. Thanks for reply, my friend.
@@conniealford1020 well, the corruption Rob's the country of infrastructure..... That simple. What little money there is pays large salaries or is commited to other agendas... That's how corruption plays apart... All humans know you shouldn't throw stuff on the ground... They have no choice. Someone removes your garbage from the front of your house..
I've been picking up garbage for around 50 years. I see trash cans with cigarette butts and wrappers less than 5 feet away. Carry a bag with you and take your
trash home. It isn't hard to do, really. Tina
When i was a kid i visit my dad’s family, who is very poor. They wake early ans work all of their waking hours, but eat a LOT of processed foods. I see this with other poor children in the barangay. My mom’s family, on the other hand, is in the province, and they eat a lot of fresh foods that their chef, gardeners, and driver eats, but I wouldnt doubt if they, too, were eating packaged foods on their days off. Packaged/processed food is cheap and easily available, and fortified, and I remember being apalled by the abundance of Nestle billboards. It’s sad. A country of poor consumes a lot of single-use items because it’s the best they can do, and the corporations benefit from their lack of education, lack of work opportunities, and overpopulation.
Here in my area of town in NC USA it is the same. Getting to the store for fresh foods is so much harder than going a mile up the road for $1 prepackaged food items. We try to make changes, but lack of transportation, even with million dollar homes a few miles away, makes it difficult for us to eat how we'd like to.
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That would be so satisfying to clean up that mess!
I feel like it would be discouraging
that's awesome work but it won't stop until root cause is tackled. governments, do it right! support reusables, repair and zero waste.
Thank you!!! Each of you are wonderful humans!!!
God bless these people. Give them continued strength. Hope. Faith. Gratitude to themselves and enough energy and perseverance to see their dream of this river coming back to life. 🙏🏾❤️
hey classy people who think making waste is cool look at these nice people
Government shall set law to force food industry to improve their packaging method...Using more papers rather than plastic
Believe it or not, most fast food companies are going green
@@disneyrockz12 don't think so
@@toosmall4674 McDonald’s have introduced their no-straw lids and most have stopped using plastic as carriers and switched to paper, these companies can only do so much to maintain a balance in keeping their costs low and provide employment for the masses. The government should force the general public to be more environmentally conscious.
Wish you luck... You are the best
Before I clicked on the video: “It’s the Philippines…”
After I clicked on the video: “I hate it when I’m right sometimes…”
I hope that the river clean up crews are taking care of their emotional well-being. It must feel like a thankless job, to be faced with a never ending wave of garbage every day. I am so thankful to all of them for stepping in and stepping up. Their participation alone is something that their children and parents can be proud of. ❤️😊
Thank You . . .
Cleanups are commendable, but they could be greatly helped by a significant reduction in the amount of plastic used in packaging. Circular packaging or biodegradable packaging, as well as a recycling infrastructure, are needed as well.
Presumably the plastic didn't throw itself into the river?
What is you point? Are you pointing fingers? While traveling in the US I encountered many similar situations, and sources. There where motels that served breakfast in styrofoam cups and plates, with plastic cutlery. Does it cost too much to wash dishes? Check out youtoub clips where they show living rooms/ childrens rooms: everything littered in plastic: toys for animals, children, a lot of them not even cared for. So look on your own doorstep first.
@@lillic8522 My point is, for good or bad the plastic exists, why are people throwing it in the river? Why is there no provision for recycling or proper disposal?
i live in manila, alot of people live near this river and usually throw their wastes here due to the lack of sewer systems, plus most of them have 0 self control and resort to throwing garbage everywhere instead of keeping it until theres a trash can they can throw it to
@@identitycrisis1093 I don't know what is wrong with people in this area. So don't generalize the whole country.
@@valarmorghulis8139 i am filipino, i know exactly whats wrong with the area lmao
Wow- these people are legends! Maybe start showing the packages they’re finding in abundance to shame the corporations into moving into greener products?
The companies didn’t make them dispose of it in a irresponsible manner.
@@beardwierd2783 the people didn’t make the companies choose plastic to house their product….
@@ninja1antelope well unfortunately they did. Everyone wanted cheap, lightweight, easily transportable packaging that will prolong the life of a product and thats what they got. I bet the company didn’t say on the packaging throw it in the river when finished, yet they did.
I pray everyday for people that protect mother earth
Amazing
This gives hope
There's also a common pattern to be noticed here
Most clean/restoriration activities are being carried out by ordinary people then the government may come along to provide some aid
This is enough to say that real solutions start with us
We shouldn't wait for our governments to save us (we wouldn't have reached this point if they actually cared to begin with)
Soooo... let's get things in motion and do what we can!
The future is in our hands!
Also people don't realize how much power they have with their money. I'm talking just normal everyday people 2. You can choose to support small businesses and company's that care about the environment and pay their workers livable wages.
@@thomasfesler916 exactly
If we boycott companies that are causing environmental damage, they will consider their policies twice
Pasig river was so clean that Jose Rizal would swim on its water in his childhood... this is just sad...
This is actually fake news. Most parts of pasig river is already cleaned now. Pasig is not even in the TOP 10 most plastic polluting river in the world!
When I saw this link I immediately clicked and liked it to help spread awareness so whoever is reading this please interact with this vid so other people can see it too
wow . thank you .
this is ultimately impressive!😀
This is awesome
Plant mushrooms everywhere you clean up!🌷💚
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What in a river?
The philippines... Why am i not surprised...
it's more fun in the Philippines! 💯
The companies that manufacture and sell the plastic ARE THE POLLUTANTS.
Dumbest comment
What river was that? Would be really nice to add names and location
I can’t believe the government doesn’t pay this people…
you need to show some of their works, it's not 100% but they've cleaned and rehabilitated most areas of pasig river. some of them have kingfishers in it thus showing that pasig isn't dead anymore.
Philippines and India need to step it up
Remember it is just in 1 island Ph have more than 7000 islands, majority of the islands are not polluted. It gets the attention since the metropolitan is located in this area showed in the video.
Get an interceptor from Bolan Slat or have Mr. Trash wheel come visit
And the govt going to take credit for this, smh
Would not be surprised if alot of this plastic was from China, the USA, Canada, etc.
Honest question: why is the river so polluted and is anything being done to stop that?
Sad.
I'm so sick and tired of PLASTIC! We don't HAVE to use THAT much plastic do we?
Where does the plastic go?
Everytime you buy a bottle of soda or water, think. Everytime you by a bag of snacks, think. Drink tap water, eat fresh foods, reduce the amount of boxed and bagged preprepared foods in your cabinets.
Should just pay that young kid whose cleaning up the ocean with his machine..
HEROES
😥😰😨
No surprise its my country lmao I knew it I can even smell it from the screen xD
Remember it is just in 1 island Ph have more than 7000 islands, majority of the islands are not polluted. It gets the attention since the metropolitan is located in this area showed in the video.
@@valarmorghulis8139 even metropolitan parts of the Philippines are cluttered with trash especially rivers cuz we used rivers as a sewage system
Que terrible ese rio
One more example of why plastic needs to go
Plastic is one of the worst things that has happened to our planet. Virginia state entities are banning single-use plastic. I hope the private sector follows suit. If you must buy food or drink in plastic containers, please recycle. Buy reusable grocery bags, they are very strong, and hold a lot of stuff! Reusable stainless steel straws. I wash and reuse ziplock bags until they are no longer usable. So many things people can do!
Yhup knew it, it's my country. The stench wreaks when you walk on side of the river which can go for miles.
It's been decades this problem with Pasig; from weak urban planning, a lot of illegal settlers coming from the provinces and poor waste management and sewage system. No former or current administration has ever solved the issue.
That's why the creek overflows when it's the wet season and it rains non stop, garbage comes out everywhere. Which lead to sickness and disaster. From Dengue to Leptospirosis.
Just like the lady said. The rubbish is unlimited.
Spending money to clear up the rivers are such big waste of money cause people shouldn’t be littering in the first place.
sabi na nga ba pilipinas haha
Horrible .. Disqusting.. They better clean it up asap OUR 🌫️🌫️🌫️🌊🌊🌊🌊 oceans r for everybody, & Beautiful, important, crucial to our lives this is heartbreaking . 💔💔🥀🥀🥀🥀🌿🌿🍃🌿🌫️🌫️🌫️🌫️🌫️It makes me angry to see the abuse to our earth 🌎 👀🙏🌍🌎🥀🥀🥀
too late the hero... It has been done since Gina Lopez was still alive.
NowThisEarth, where did you even get this study? Yangtze river is the most plastic polluting river in the world. Pasig River is NOT even in the TOP 10!!! Slow news day?
The people don't care..........
Everyone virtue signalling about people cleaning up a mess that they as a nation created and they are being paid to do it too.
get rid of sqatters living next to the river and the garbage will stop
Need to go to Africa and India too instead of banning straws in California
yeah no.. the people who lives around that river doesnt care thats why there will always be an unlimited number of waste in that river.
In the world? Take note, exaggeration is a department of lies.
Exactly! A quick google would even show you that Pasig is not even in the TOP 10!
Why not show the progress that the government has in tying to revive Pasig River so that we may feel that something positive is happening?
This is plagiarized from south china morning post.
But the pasig river is no longer looking like that, it is now so much cleaner, i wonder what propaganda this vlogger is spreading