Horrifying images of lake that’s more plastic than water
Filled with bottles, toys and containers, a once pristine lake is now more plastic than water.
A one-time popular tourist attraction, Bolivia’s Uru Uru Lake has experienced a drop of 25 to 30 per cent in water volume due to a drought which peaked in 2016.
As the lake has dried up, remaining water flow from the rivers that feed into it has delivered tonnes of plastic, along with pollution from mining, housing and industry.
Plastic bottles and other garbage cover a dried-up part of Uru Uru Lake.
As volunteers attempted the mammoth task of beginning to clean up the lake, climate change and pollution were singled out as key contributors to the problem.
