Pasig River world's top plastic polluter

By Eireene Jairee Gomez

Jun 10, 2021 12:58 am

The Pasig River as well as 18 other rivers in the Philippines were identified as among the top 50 polluting rivers in the world, a study released by the Rotterdam-based Ocean Cleanup said.

Ocean Cleanup is a nonprofit engineering environmental organization based in the Netherlands that develops technology to extract plastic pollution from the oceans and intercept it in rivers before it can reach the ocean. It also conducts scientific research into oceanic plastic pollution.

BIG AND DIRTY The Pasig River, which snakes around several cities in Metro Manila, will soon undergo massive rehabilitation. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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