article_snippet: Discarded rubbish litters the banks of Rio de Janeiro Guanabara Bay.
article_snippet: Tyres, office seats and televisions are amongst just some of the junk that is washed up in Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay .
article_snippet: Between approximately 80 and 100 tonnes of garbage are washed into Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay every day, including household waste and raw sewage .
article_snippet: Guanabara Bay, one of the iconic locations of Rio, is still blighted by sewage, industrial pollution and illegal dumping.
article_snippet: it has been estimated that between approximately 80 and 100 tonnes of garbage are washed into Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay every day - but the government only manage to remove around 400 tonnes per month.
article_snippet: In February, thousands of dead fish were found floating in the waters of Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay.
article_snippet: And in December, a drug-resistant 'super bacteria' normally found in hospitals was also discovered in the water around Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay.
article_snippet: In total, 15 cities share Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay's shoreline and 15 cities is estimated that the waste of eight million people is still being untreated as 15 cities flows into the water around the bay, producing over 18,000 litres of sewage per second.
article_snippet: Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay is one of the most iconic sights of Rio de Janeiro, seen here with Sugarloaf Mountaton in the background .
article_snippet: Dead fish and discarded plastic cups lie next to a burst football on the sands of Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay .
article_snippet: Everyday household waste litters the shores of Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay Rio de Janeiro .
article_snippet: Clean up: thousands of dead fish had to be removed from Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay by Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay's council workers last month .
article_snippet: Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay is blighted by sewage, industrial pollution and illegal dumping .
article_snippet: Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay has been estimated that fecal matter in Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay's water system can reach more than 200 times that of the limit declared legal in the United States.
article_snippet: Rancid: Dead fish and garbage are seen in the waters of Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay .