13-year-old Ranniel left school to feed his family. Now he risks his life by diving into polluted waters to reclaim plastic waste, the result of an a la carte and disposable plastic harvest that is devastating to the environment.
According to one study, Filipinos have 163 million single-use household bags per day. That's enough to cover the entire metropolitan area of Manila, one foot deep in plastic garbage.
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