Greenpeace Water Patrol investigates polluting garbage dump in Laguna Lake

A Greenpeace Water Patrol activist in protective suit tests the waters of Laguna Lake before taking a water sample beside a dump site in Angono, Rizal Province, 30km east of Manila in the eve of Earth Day. The dump site is one of many which has taken over the banks of Laguna Lake, Southeast Asia’s 2nd largest freshwater basin. Greenpeace is caling on the government to strictly enforce waste laws to protect the country’s threatened freshwater sources, and is also reminding the public that waste dumped on land eventually ends up in the water that we use.

A Greenpeace Water Patrol activist in protective suit displays a water sample taken from beside a dump site in Angono, Rizal Province, 30km east of Manila in the eve of Earth Day. The dump site is one of many which has taken over the banks of Laguna Lake, Southeast Asia’s 2nd largest freshwater basin. Greenpeace is caling on the government to strictly enforce waste laws to protect the country’s threatened freshwater sources, and is also reminding the public that waste dumped on land eventually ends up in the water that we use.

Greenpeace Water Patrol activists in protective suits display a water sample taken from beside a dump site in Angono, Rizal Province, 30km east of Manila in the eve of Earth Day. The dump site is one of many which has taken over the banks of Laguna Lake, Southeast Asia’s 2nd largest freshwater basin. Greenpeace is caling on the government to strictly enforce waste laws to protect the country’s threatened freshwater sources, and is also reminding the public that waste dumped on land eventually ends up in the water that we use.

Greenpeace Water Patrol activists label a water sample taken from beside a dump site in Angono, Rizal Province, 30km east of Manila in the eve of Earth Day. The dump site is one of many which has taken over the banks of Laguna Lake, Southeast Asia’s 2nd largest freshwater basin. Greenpeace is caling on the government to strictly enforce waste laws to protect the country’s threatened freshwater sources, and is also reminding the public that waste dumped on land eventually ends up in the water that we use.

Greenpeace Water Patrol activists place a signpost with the words “Our trash. Our water. Protect our water sources!” after obtaining water samples from an illegal dump site in Angono, Rizal Province, 30km east of Manila in the eve of Earth Day. The dump site is one of many which has taken over the banks of Laguna Lake, Southeast Asia’s 2nd largest freshwater basin. The activists are calling on the government for the strict enforcement of waste laws to protect the country’s threatened freshwater sources, and are also reminding the public that waste dumped on land eventually ends up in the water that we use.

Greenpeace Water Patrol activists in protective suits take a water sample taken from beside a dump site in Angono, Rizal Province, 30km east of Manila in the eve of Earth Day. The dump site is one of many which has taken over the banks of Laguna Lake, Southeast Asia’s 2nd largest freshwater basin. Greenpeace is caling on the government to strictly enforce waste laws to protect the country’s threatened freshwater sources, and is also reminding the public that waste dumped on land eventually ends up in the water that we use.