Congo River fishermen turn to plastic waste collection amid pollution crisis
Fishermen along Africa's Congo River are increasingly collecting plastic waste instead of fish due to worsening pollution. Some have abandoned fishing entirely to survive by salvaging trash from the river.
On the Congo River near Kinshasa, fishermen are now bringing up more plastic than fish. As pollution worsens along Africaโs second-longest river, some have abandoned fishing altogether, turning instead to collecting waste just to survive.