The Philippines is the world’s third-largest ocean polluter. The world should declare war on them.

Philippines plastic pollution: why so much waste ends up in oceans

The Philippines is the world’s third-largest ocean polluter despite a waste management act coming into effect 18 years ago. The culprits? Corruption, lack of political will – and an addiction to single-use plastic sachets.

Masses of plastic trash swirling in waterways, garbage clogging drainage canals and huge stinking dump sites are among the most visible manifestations of the waste crisis in the Philippines.

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While they want to declare war on Canada over a violated Garbage treaty, they themselves are in violation of environmental treaties to not use the Ocean and a dumping ground.

The ecological crisis the Ocean faces is thanks to shit holes like the Philippines who are using the Ocean as their land-fill. If garbage is a reason for someone to declare war, then surely the world can declare war on some of the largest ecological terrorists and hold them accountable for their crimes against the planet perhaps starting with the Philippines.