Waste collectors paddle polystyrene boats while searching for plastic and glass to recycle in Pazundaung Creek in Yangon. (Sai Aung | AFP)

On the water with Myanmar’s ‘river cleaners’

As economic conditions continue to decline in Myanmar's largest city, some of Yangon's inhabitants are gathering recyclable materials from the city's increasingly polluted rivers and creeks in order to survive.

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