A thirty-foot monument themed 'turn off the plastics tap' by Canadian activist and artist, Benjamin von Wong, using plastic waste retreived from Nairobi's largest slum, Kibera, stands outside the venue of the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly,(UNEA-5), at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters in Nairobi on February 22, 2022. The world has a rare opportunity to clean up the planet for future generations by uniting behind an ambitious treaty to tackle plastic trash, the UN environment chief told AFP. (Photo by Tony Karumba/AFP Photo)





A swan makes a nest out of plastic trash near a sewage drain on the Danube river bank close to downtown Belgrade on April 18, 2022. Around a third of Belgrade, a city of 1.6 million, has no connection to drainage systems and instead relies on the septic tanks that the trucks empty straight into the rivers. The rest shunt their unprocessed waste into the river through around 100 sewage drains. (Photo by Andrej Isakovic/AFP Photo)





Aerial view shows pungent foam which formed in a polluted river and invaded the Los Puentes neighbourhood, in Mosquera, west of Bogota, on April 26, 2022. (Photo by Juan Barreto/AFP Photo)





Men talk in a street where there is polluting foam generated by a river full of waste, in Mosquera, Colombia on April 27, 2022. (Photo by Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters)





A motorcyclist takes photos with his cell phone of the polluting foam generated by a river full of waste as it is blown by the wind next to houses, in Mosquera, Colombia on April 27, 2022. (Photo by Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters)





A woman walks next to the polluting foam generated by a river full of waste, in Mosquera, Colombia on April 27, 2022. (Photo by Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters)





A man and a woman stand near pungent foam which formed in the polluted Mosquera River and invaded the Los Puentes neighbourhood, west of Bogota, on April 26, 2022. (Photo by Juan Barreto/AFP Photo)





Residents and dogs sit along a street as foam rising from the Balsillas River wafts over the Los Puentes neighborhood in Mosquera, Colombia, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. According to local authorities, the white, toxic foam is caused in part by untreated sewage mixing with chemicals found in household detergents. (Photo by Fernando Vergara/AP Photo)





A swan sits on her eggs on nest made of rubbish found in the Danube river in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, May 10, 2022. (Photo by Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo)





Zenobia Castillo (58), an Aymara woman recycler, loads part of the material she got from the garbage dumps into an Aguayo in La Paz, Bolivia on May 18, 2022. Every morning several people make tours of garbage containers to collect Pet Bottles, Plastics or empty containers that are then taken to their homes to be collected so that once they have enough weight, they are sold to companies that reuse these materials. It is estimated that Bolivia generates more than 7,022 tons of garbage per day and of this amount only approximately 4% is recycled when 80% could be used, Bolivia currently has a program called “Zero waste” promoted by Swisscontact that seeks to support more than 50 Bolivian women in the city of La Paz with training on the treatment of reusable containers. (Photo by Luis Gandarillas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A volunteer checks plastic waste while conducting research on the amount of micro-plastics contained in the water at a beach in Pekan Bada, Indonesia's Aceh province on June 2, 2022. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)





Members of an environmental NGO cleans plastic debris on Vridi beach, a popular tourist destination in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 04 June 2022, a day before World Environment Day. In 1972, the United Nations General Assembly designated 05 June as World Environment Day (WED). The first celebration, under the slogan 'One Planet Earth', took place in 1974. Over the years, the World Environment Day has become a global platform facilitating awareness and initiative to respond to urgent challenges, whether it's marine pollution, global warming, sustainable consumption or wildlife crime. Millions of people have taken part over the years and have helped change our consumption habits, as well as national and international environmental policies. (Photo by Legnan Koula/EPA/EFE)





A municipal worker scoops garbage that was washed down by the rising Sao Jorge river, following heavy rains in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, June 4, 2022. (Photo by Suamy Beydoun/Reuters)





A man carrying water bottles crosses a bridge next to accumulated garbage floating on the Negro River, which has a rising water level due to rain, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Monday, June 6, 2022. About 35 tons of garbage are removed daily from the water in Manaus, according to the city. (Photo by Edmar Barros/AP Photo)





A woman walks over Las Vacas river bridge in Chinautla, on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The Ocean Cleanup NGO is currently piloting a trash collection device in one of the world's most polluted rivers, the Las Vacas river, where unique seasonal challenges include huge quantities of waste and massive water pressure during the rainy season. (Photo by Moises Castillo/AP Photo)