'Made of Plastic': Cleaning Up Bolivia's Uru Uru Lake

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People clean lake Uru Uru from plastic waste during a cleaning activity with French influencer Alexis Dessard, in Oruro, Bolivia April 7, 2021. Bolivia's Uru Uru lake is more plastic than water, with discarded bottles, containers, toys and tires stretching out towards the horizon, a dystopian image reflecting years of human pollution and the scar of climate change. REUTERS/Claudia Morales

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People clean lake Uru Uru from plastic waste during a cleaning activity with French influencer Alexis Dessard, in Oruro, Bolivia April 7, 2021. The highland lake in the Oruro Department of western Bolivia suffered a major drought in 2016 that drastically lowered its water levels while rivers that flow into it have deposited mountains of plastic waste in its waters over years. REUTERS/Claudia Morales

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People clean lake Uru Uru from plastic waste during a cleaning activity with French influencer Alexis Dessard, in Oruro, Bolivia April 7, 2021. Bolivia's highland lakes are major sites protected under the international Ramsar Convention to conserve wetlands, especially those providing waterfowl habitat. REUTERS/Claudia Morales

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People clean lake Uru Uru from plastic waste during a cleaning activity with French influencer Alexis Dessard, in Oruro, Bolivia April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Claudia Morales

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People clean lake Uru Uru from plastic waste during a cleaning activity with French influencer Alexis Dessard, in Oruro, Bolivia April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Claudia Morales

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French influencer Alexis Dessard walks during a cleaning activity with locals on lake Uru Uru, in Oruro, Bolivia April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Claudia Morales

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