Philippines deploys river rangers in battle against plastic

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Philippines deploys river rangers in battle against plastic
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Using a long-handled net, Ronnel Narvas scoops up discarded plastic soft drink bottles, shopping bags and palm-sized sachets as he wades through a foul-smelling tributary in the Philippine capital Manila.Narvas, 30, is one of more than a thousand rangers employed by the government to clean up the city's waterways, where tonnes of rubbish end up every year.

But she admitted she has no idea if her trash ends up there, or if the children throw it in the river or on vacant land where many of her neighbors discard their waste."I put everything in one container and that's it," Denso said when asked if she separates plastic from other waste."It's the government's responsibility to make people comply.

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