More plastic than fish
Democratic Republic of Congo fishermen near the capital now find more plastic than fish in their nets.
More profitable to sell the plastic waste they trawl out of the river
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DR Congo fishermen resort to trawling plastic waste
The mighty Congo River feeds millions of people along its course through the vast Democratic Republic of Congo but fishermen near the capital now find more plastic than fish in their nets.