https://phys.org/news/2018-06-international-environment-day-plastic-africa.html

"Plastic, and waste management in general, is a very big problem in Africa," said Mohamed Atani, regional information officer for the UN environmental agency UNEP.

He described the problem of plastic pollution, which is gaining attention globally as it kills sea life and blankets swathes of the ocean surface, as "a danger for human health".