A Kashmiri woman rows her boat past another loaded with plastic bottles and other waste collected from the Dal Lake as a cleanliness initiative on World Environment Day in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. “Plastic pollution is a huge issue everywhere”, U.N. Environment chief Erik Solheim told The Associated Press in an interview. He praised India for its growing focus on environmental protection but also noted that while traveling in the country he'd seen “some of the most beautiful scenic places, but destroyed by plastic pollution”. (Photo by A.M. Ahad/AP Photo)





A young boy collects plastic and other recyclable material from the polluted waters of Babdemb lake on World Environment Day in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





People stand under a bridge next to the polluted water of the river Yamuna, in New Delhi, India, March 21, 2018. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A man looks for recyclable items in the polluted waters of the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad, India, March 21, 2018. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A man exercises on a garbage-strewn beach on World Environment Day in Mumbai, India, June 5, 2018. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Bulldozers pile up garbage at a dumping ground on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, April 16, 2018. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A man makes a heap of plastic bottles at a junkyard on World Environment Day in Chandigarh, India, June 5, 2018. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





Boys carry a sack filled with recyclable material collected by them at a slum area in New Delhi, India, April 23, 2018. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Boatmen wait, as Hindu devotees take a dip in the polluted waters of the river Yamuna, during the celebration of Navratri festival in New Delhi, India March 25, 2018. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A boy rows his boat in the polluted waters of the Brahmaputra river in Guwahati, India, March 22, 2018. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





A man and a boy pose for a selfie while swimming in the polluted waters of the Yamuna River on World Environment Day in New Delhi, India, June 5, 2018. (Photo by Saumya Khandelwal/Reuters)





A boy jumps over a drain flowing with waste water from the leather tanneries into the river Ganges in Kanpur, India, May 3, 2018. Picture taken May 3, 2018. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Boys play in the foam covering the polluted water of the river Yamuna in New Delhi, India March 25, 2018. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Garbage is seen on the polluted banks of the river Yamuna near the historic Taj Mahal in Agra, India, May 19, 2018. Picture taken May 19, 2018. (Photo by Saumya Khandelwal/Reuters)





A man swims as he collects recyclable items in the polluted water of the river Yamuna ahead of World Environment Day, in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2018. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A boy blows a balloon as he stands between sacks containing waste at a garbage dump ahead of World Environment Day, in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2018. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





An Indian rag picker collects plastic bags at an industrial area on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. The U.N. says government bans on plastic can be effective in cutting back on waste but poor planning and follow-through have left many such bans ineffective. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Volunteers clean the banks of Yamuna, India's sacred river that flows through New Delhi, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





A man collects plastic and other recyclable material from the shores of the Arabian Sea, littered with plastic bags and other garbage, in Mumbai, India, Monday, June 4, 2018. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





An Indian rag picker sorts plastic bags at an industrial area on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. The U.N. says government bans on plastic can be effective in cutting back on waste but poor planning and follow-through have left many such bans ineffective. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





An Indian worker sorts used plastic bottles before sending them to be recycled at an industrial area on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. The U.N. says government bans on plastic can be effective in cutting back on waste but poor planning and follow-through have left many such bans ineffective. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)