Asia's ocean pollution crisis: The Philippines The blanket of trash on a creek that flows between the makeshift homes of a Manila slum is so dense it appears one could walk across it like a paved street. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES. (To coincide with World Environment Day on 5 June, AFPTV is moving a series of images from China, Indonesia, Thailand, The Philippines and Vietnam. According to a 2015 study by Ocean Conservancy, more than half the plastic waste in the ocean comes from those five Asian countries)