Leonardo DiCaprio shares before/after photos of PH beach once filled with trash

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<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:28.10185185185185% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BWK9G9onFg_/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Leonardo DiCaprio (@leonardodicaprio)</a> on <time dateTime="2017-07-05T16:13:18+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Jul 5, 2017 at 9:13am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><p><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script>He&#x27;s long been known as an environmental activist, tackling the need to take action <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpyrefzvTpI">against climate change in a rousing speech</a> he delivered when he won his first Oscar last year.</p><p>So it&#x27;s no surprise that Leonardo DiCaprio placed the spotlight on the Philippines after Greenpeace tagged it as the &quot;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/greenpeaceph/photos/a.10151603727066400.1073741861.48688071399/10154708330666400/?type=3&amp;theater">third biggest source of ocean plastic pollution in the world</a>.&quot;</p><p>On Instagram, the Hollywood star shared a startling &quot;before and after&quot; photos from Greenpeace that showed just how polluted the beach of Manila&#x27;s Freedom Island was prior to a cleanup project.</p><p>&quot;Plastic or no plastic. Which do you prefer?&quot; asked DiCaprio, who has donated millions of dollars through his <a href="http://www.greenworldrising.org">foundation</a> to support environmental conservation efforts.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BZg3DFkHOLr/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Leonardo DiCaprio (@leonardodicaprio)</a> on <time dateTime="2017-09-26T17:57:49+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Sep 26, 2017 at 10:57am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The photo was from a <a href="http://plasticpolluters.org/?utm_source=fb&amp;utm_campaign=pp">Greenpeace campaign</a>, which gathered thousands of volunteers to clean Freedom Island&#x27;s beach. </p><p>The group blamed big corporations for using cheap disposable plastic to package their goods. <strong>— With a report from Agence France-Presse</strong></p>

<p>DiCaprio placed an unflattering spotlight on the Philippines after Greenpeace tagged it as the "third biggest source of ocean plastic pollution in the world."</p>

DiCaprio placed an unflattering spotlight on the Philippines after Greenpeace tagged it as the "third biggest source of ocean plastic pollution in the world."

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Leonardo DiCaprio shares before/after photos of PH beach once filled with trash

Leonardo DiCaprio shares before/after photos of PH beach once filled with trash

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Published Sep 27, 2017 10:56 PM PHT

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