The sea creatures can confuse those colourful plastics with a tasty meal, or even get trapped in plastic waste. But plastic doesn't only end up in the ocean. Sometimes that waste plastic is burnt.

The panels are made from 100 per cent recycled plastic, with clear CD cases forming the crystalline base and colourful waste ...

intermittent electricity and rivers of plastic waste. Conservative estimates suggest more than 80,000 people now live in Jalousie. Many of them moved here after the earthquake which devastated ...

"I became aware of environmental issues the moment I saw with my own eyes just how much plastic waste was in the ocean ... melting the plastic to form a colourful disc that can be attached ...

For now, there are colourful piles of plastic bags, metal and general waste as far as the eye can see. Wafts of smoke fill the air with a putrid and toxic stench as much of the refuse is set on fire.