Plastic bags most common trash in Manila Bay – groups

Plastic bags most common trash in Manila Bay – groups

The capital city of the Philippines, Manila, have the most serious problem of ocean trash especially in the area of Manila Bay. This information was based on the report from one of the environmental groups in their trash examination during the International Plastic Bag-Free Day.

The official inspection of EcoWaste Coalition and Mother Earth Foundation had gathered 1,594 liters waste and 23.2% from the waste are plastic bags.

As a whole, plastics are number one on the list. There are 61.9% plastic made wastes and the number two top pollutants were plastic wrappers which have a percentage of 18.8% from the gathered waste.

Different scrap trash such as cigarette butts, clothes, rags and sponges are the third most common ocean trash which has a percentage of 15.7%. Rubber trash like scrap slippers belonged in the fourth place which has a percentage of 11.9% while decomposed trash belonged in fifth ranked at 9.7%.

This year’s study had constant results in past years, presenting the negative effects of plastic waste to improve the solid waste management in Metro Manila.

There is not less than six government organizations have been assigned by the Supreme Court to repair Manila Bay. The government organizations include the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), and the Department of Health (DOH).

However, Manila Bay is not only one that has an ocean trash problem. Based on the Us-based group Ocean Conservancy, the quantity of ocean trash gathered from the Philippine ocean has been increasing every year since 2010.

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