Rubbish collectors have been sent to swim through a river filled with garbage in the Philippines after nine days of torrential rain.

Rubbish collectors in Metro Manila, the Philippines, have been pictured combing through a sea of rubbish after it was thrown into a 'trash trap' following heavy rain

A worker uses improvised floats while trying to clear a sea of garbage and debris brought by intense monsoon rains at the Redemptorist Water Channel in Paranaque city, Metro…