subject: Pasig River and the Bystander Effect [print this page] Only a strict discipline of no littering, an economy that frees more Filipinos from being limited to making tiny purchases that create extraordinarily greater quantities of packaging waste, a government that imposes severe sanctions on businesses that profit from irresponsible waste disposal practices, a population growth rate returned to a more manageable level, and real collective concern that mimics the way Pinoys have abhorred wangwangs (sirens), might lead the way to making Pasig River's revival a real possibility for coming generations.
