This is on point. I'm Megna Chakrabardi.

Daka, the capital of Bangladesh is situated on the banks of the river Buri Ganga.

The immense beauty of this river can only be seen through the eyes of a bird.

Because as soon as you put your feet on the ground, thick layers of polythene and plastic

waste emerge from the dirt.

That report of entire neighborhoods in Bangladesh, where the ground is made of plastic,

is from WION News.

And it's not just in Bangladesh.

Plastic waste is everywhere on planet Earth.

Because the amount of plastic humans have produced now outweighs all of the world's animals

by a factor of two.

As WION reports from the other side of the world.

The once pristine beaches of Rio de Janeiro have been engulfed in a tsunami of plastic waste.

Everything from plastic bags and bottles to children's toys and dead fish.

Of course, fish are not the only victims.

Plastics through their manufacturing use and breakdown are linked to cancer's lung disease and birth defects.

A study published this year in the journal Annals of Global Health concluded,

quote, the main driver of these worsening harms is an almost exponential

and still accelerating increase in global plastic production.

Plastics harms are further magnified by low rates of recovery and recycling

and by the long persistence of plastic waste in the environment.

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