About a dozen divers cleared rubbish from the reef and nearby beaches as they marked World Cleanup Day in Batangas province, a popular spot for snorkeling and diving south of the capital, Manila.
“For every fishing line or net that you remove, you could actually prevent a turtle from dying or getting caught in it or eating a plastic bag,” organizer Carmela Sevilla told Reuters, holding up a mesh bag full of garbage. The Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands with nearly 36,300 km of coastline, is one of the world’s most marine resource-rich countries.
But campaigners say its marine resources are threatened by the neglect of local authorities and lax implementation of environmental laws. Another of the clean-up participants, Haley Osbourne, 35, a Canadian who has lived in the Philippines five years, said all divers should do their bit by picking up any rubbish they come across while underwater.Of the total, 81% percent is estimated to come from Asia, with a third of the Asian plastic originating in the Philippines, according to a 2021 report by Our World in Data, a scientific online publication.
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