Stomach churning footage shows how hard-up Filipinos eat meals made from waste food - that has been re-cooked and sold as a new dish.

Tens of thousands of locals feast every day on the revolting left-over junk food - known as 'pagpag' - which is scraped together from restaurant bins in slums around the capital Manila.

The practice - which is illegal - sees stall owners gather half-eaten burgers, pieces of fried chicken and sausages before mixing them together and boiling them to kill the germs.

They then sell the recycled food from the likes of JolliBee, McDonalds and KFC, for between 10 Pesos (15 pence) and 20 pesos (30 pence) a plate.

Despite the health concerns, the popularity of 'pagpag' has boomed among the city's increasing population of poor who struggle to afford fresh food. Officials have even praised pagpag for helping to reduce levels of hunger in the country.

''I eat pagpag every day,'' said resident Manuel, in the slum community of Helping Land in Tondo, Manila on Wednesday.

''It's tasty and I only pay 20 pesos for the food. I've been eating this for the last four or five years, maybe longer.''

In Tondo, a small scale market has emerged where pagpag is served up with rice at dozens of different wooden shacks and stalls.

The food - sometimes mixed with sauces or herbs - is called pagpag after the Filipino term which means to 'to shake and remove the dirt'. It is gathered from the bins outside fast-food shops and the area's garbage sites.

Stomach churning footage shows how hard-up Filipinos eat meals made from waste food - that has been re-cooked and sold as a new dish.

Tens of thousands of locals feast every day on the revolting left-over junk food - known as 'pagpag' - which is scraped together from restaurant bins in slums around the capital Manila.

The practice - which is illegal - sees stall owners gather half-eaten burgers, pieces of fried chicken and sausages before mixing them together and boiling them to kill the germs.

They then sell the recycled food from the likes of JolliBee, McDonalds and KFC, for between 10 Pesos (15 pence) and 20 pesos (30 pence) a plate.

Despite the health concerns, the popularity of 'pagpag' has boomed among the city's increasing population of poor who struggle to afford fresh food. Officials have even praised pagpag for helping to reduce levels of hunger in the country.

''I eat pagpag every day,'' said resident Manuel, in the slum community of Helping Land in Tondo, Manila on Wednesday.

''It's tasty and I only pay 20 pesos for the food. I've been eating this for the last four of five years, maybe longer.''

In Tondo, a small scale market has emerged where pagpag is served up with rice at dozens of different wooden shacks and stalls.

The food - sometimes mixed with sauces or herbs - is called pagpag after the Filipino term which means to 'to shake and remove the dirt'. It is gathered from the bins outside fast-food shops and the area's garbage sites.