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Break Free from Plastics (campaign title)
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Plastic Waste
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Waste in Pasig river, Manila, Philippines

Globally, 300 million tons of plastic are produced annually, and approximately 8 million tons of plastic waste enter the sea each year. The Philippines ranks as the third worst polluter into the world's oceans, with 1.88 million metric tonnes of mismanaged plastic wastes in the country per year.

In developing countries such as the Philippines, and especially in big cities like Manila, plastic pollution is extremely severe with catastrophic effects on the environment and people. Global corporations favor "single-use sachet economies", where people on limited incomes are pushed to buy products -instant coffee, shampoo, toothpaste, etc.- packaged in cheap, disposable plastic bags. These cheap disposable plastics, or sachets, usually end up in landfill or marine debris, like in Manila Bay.

Single-use sachet products video clips: 00:00-04:08
Single-use sachet products video clips: 04:09-04:32
Plastic pollution in Pasig River video clips: 04:33-04:51 
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Freedom Island Waste Clean-up and Brand Audit (Video)

Environmental groups launch the brand audit and waste clean-up activity at Freedom Island in Las Piñas - Paranque, Metro Manila. Freedom Island is a critical habitat and ecotourism area in Manila Bay which serves as temporary home for  migratory birds from different countries such as China, Japan and Siberia. 
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Unique identifier: GP0STSV5H 
Type: Video 
Shoot date: 22/09/2017 
Credit line: © Greenpeace 
Duration: 25s 
Audio format: Natural 
File size 525.93 MB 
Ranking: ★★★★★★★ (A)