A man collects discarded plastic items on the banks of the river Buriganga, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 16, 2022. Industrial waste and sewage from the city are all dumped into the rivers. The once fresh and flowing rivers like Buriganga, is now submerged in pollution. The other rivers of the country face the same fate. Recent research has brought an even more horrendous picture into view. And that is plastic pollution. In just the four rivers that surround the capital city Dhaka, 30,000 tonnes of plastic waste were discovered. Half of this was in the river Buriganga. (Photo by Suvra Kanti D

A man collects discarded plastic items on the banks of the river Buriganga, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 16, 2022. Industrial waste and sewage from the city are all dumped into the rivers. The once fresh and flowing rivers like Buriganga, is now submerged in pollution. The other rivers of the country face the same fate. Recent research has brought an even more horrendous picture into view. And that is plastic pollution. In just the four rivers that surround the capital city Dhaka, 30,000 tonnes of plastic waste were discovered. Half of this was in the river Buriganga. (Photo by Suvra Kanti D Stock Photo

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A man collects discarded plastic items on the banks of the river Buriganga, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 16, 2022. Industrial waste and sewage from the city are all dumped into the rivers. The once fresh and flowing rivers like Buriganga, is now submerged in pollution. The other rivers of the country face the same fate. Recent research has brought an even more horrendous picture into view. And that is plastic pollution. In just the four rivers that surround the capital city Dhaka, 30, 000 tonnes of plastic waste were discovered. Half of this was in the river Buriganga. (Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/Sipa USA)

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