Plastic Waste Risks Marine Livelihoods in Sierra Leone
Published on: Wednesday 07 June 2023
Beach clean-ups among efforts to tackle the issue, more awareness neededThe face of Abubakarr Bangura, a Sierra Leonean fisherman, conceals mixed emotions. A layer of determination belies his frustration but does not tell his story. He sometimes spends a week at sea without catching enough fish."It's the plastic waste," he laments, "scanning the beach and the sea. They dump all of it into the sea. It badly affects our boats. When it tangles the...
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/other/plastic-waste-risks-marine-livelihoods-in-sierra-leone/ar-AA1chvIx
