MANILA: A village in the Philippines is trying to tackle the scourge of plastic waste by offering rice to residents in exchange for their trash.
Residents of Bayanan outside the capital, Manila, can get 1kg of rice, the staple food for Filipinos, for every 2kg of plastic waste, which are handed over to the government for proper disposal or recycling.
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