Plastic Waste
Americas Now • 11m
In 2017, a dispute erupted between Honduras and Guatemala over tons of plastic trash that was washing up on beaches of the Atlantic Ocean. Both countries share the Motagua River. But Honduras accused Guatemala of not doing enough to control its huge waste management problem. Harris Whitbeck follows up on a story that he first covered three years ago.
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