Residents were furious after plastic pollution blighted a city’s river just a few days after it had a major cleanup.<br /><br />Dozens of locals had spent hours removing used bottles and packets from under the Hidalgo Bridge in Quiapo, Manila, the Philippines, at the end of last month.<br /><br />But just a few days later the trash had returned and was causing a blockage and stagnant surface water. <br /><br />Passerby Aristotle Ilumba filmed the scene on June 2 and urged authorities in the capital city to do more to fix the cause of the pollution.<br /><br />He said: ''I was hopeful when the council hall organised a cleanup. But on my way to work today, I saw that the garbage is back.<br /><br />''There are some people who just don’t care about the effect of rubbish on the environment. There needs to be a solution that stops pollution at the source.''
