The world generates at least 3.5 million tons of plastic and other solid waste a day, 10 times the amount a century ago, according to World Bank researchers. Thousands of marine species including turtles, whales, birds, and seals die from plastic wastes every year as they often mistake them for food.

 The Philippines was ranked as the world’s third largest source of plastic leaking into the ocean after China and Indonesia, and has the highest volume of unmanaged plastic waste among countries and Southeast Asia.