A discarded toilet seat is among the trash collected by an eco-boat cleaning up Guanabara Bay in Rio ahead of the 2016 Olympics. Photo: AP
A discarded toilet seat is among the trash collected by an eco-boat cleaning up Guanabara Bay in Rio ahead of the 2016 Olympics. Photo: AP
A worker fishes out garbage from heavily polluted Guanabara Bay in Rio. Photo: AP
A worker fishes out garbage from heavily polluted Guanabara Bay in Rio. Photo: AP
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Trawling for trash in Rio Games clean-up

The city is using special 'eco-boats' in a desperate effort to remove floating garbage from filthy Guanabara Bay, the venue for sailing events

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Updated: 10:57pm, 7 Jan, 2014

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A discarded toilet seat is among the trash collected by an eco-boat cleaning up Guanabara Bay in Rio ahead of the 2016 Olympics. Photo: AP
A discarded toilet seat is among the trash collected by an eco-boat cleaning up Guanabara Bay in Rio ahead of the 2016 Olympics. Photo: AP
A worker fishes out garbage from heavily polluted Guanabara Bay in Rio. Photo: AP
A worker fishes out garbage from heavily polluted Guanabara Bay in Rio. Photo: AP
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