The multitudes who packed the cemeteries in Metro Manila (National Capital Region or NCR) on All Saints’ Day did not leave only prayers, flowers and candles. They also left behind 834 tons of styro containers, plastic cups and bottles, paper discards, junk food wrappers and other waste materials that needed 139 trucks to haul away.

The volume of garbage in the cemeteries this year was double that from last year, Francis Martinez, head of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) Metro Parkway Clearing Group (MPCG), said on Sunday.

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