The more waste in the Philippines causes the increase in global warming, high temperature and less oxygen because of the air pollution.The Philippines’ trash increased by 40 percent in 2010 and the ocean found 1,355,236 items of trash and people, nearly 400,000 volunteers, gather from around the world just to help in the Philippines.
The lists of the garbage in the ocean were plastic bags 679,957, paper bags 253,013 and food wrappers 103,226. Also recovered were 38,394 pieces of clothing and shoes, 55,814 tobacco-related items including cigarette butts 34,154, lighters and wrappers, and 11,077 diapers. These can cause poison and toxic in the ocean and you may see these trashes in some body of water like the Manila Bay.
In September 27, 2009, Ondoy's flood caused millions of water hit around in the Philippines then the Ondoy's cyclone also left behind 10 times the usual garbage accumulated in Metro Manila.
The trash collected by Ondoy blocked some sewages in the streets that caused poor water drainage, mud and more water. People are cleaning 24 hours and are struggling in different location since September 26 and continuously heavy rain and the trash moves down at the mountain and where the garbage place is.
For me, this is something really scary because I don’t know what would happen to the Philippines in the future. With simple things like cleaning up garbage can’t be done, what more for bigger things. Would you expect that the Filipinos would progress? Of course not. That’s why it’s a scary thing because you’ll never know what is going to happen in the next years to come. For the youth, there is still a chance to improve our garbage problem by simply starting with our own neighborhood first. I’m sure it would go a long way from there.