'river warriors'

Members of the River Warriors gather trash to a 'trash boat' from the heavily polluted San Juan River, a tributary of Pasig River, in Mandaluyong City, Philippines, June 21, 2021. The "River Warriors" is a group of volunteers founded over a decade ago whose sole purpose was to pick up garbage in and around Manila's Pasig River. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
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Philippine 'river warriors' fight tide of trash for cleaner future

These "river warriors" are a decade-old group of about 100 people who work to clear the glut of garbage floating or washed up along Manila's notorious Pasig River