Submerged in Plastic
Big Story
•
56m
Microplastics, a global concern, are saturating our oceans. Over the past two decades, these tiny particles floating over the planet’s bodies of water have multiplied by several orders of magnitude. More than 14 million tons of plastics are estimated to be poured into our oceans yearly. Big Story takes us to some of the most densely populated islands and cities and to Latin America’s second-largest waste producer to report on the new landscape resulting from these global trends.
From Santa Cruz del Islote in the Colombian Caribbean to the Panama Isthmus or Bogota, Submerged in Plastic tells the inspiring stories of trash collectors, scientists, activists, and artists who, despite the odds, are working tirelessly to find solutions to humanity’s greatest challenge: to deal with the microplastic pollution poisoning our waters.
Up Next in Big Story
-
Coca Growers
Since declaring the War on Drugs fifty years ago, the US has spent billions in Colombia to fight cocaine. The result: more cocaine than ever before, and a black market that fuels corruption, and weakening states across most of Latin America. It also pushed Colombia into a decades-long armed confl...
-
Children Of The Border
Dozens of children in western Venezuela begin their daily journey to school before 5 a.m. But this is no ordinary school – it is located across the border in Colombia.
They live in the Guajira peninsula, facing the Caribbean Sea, a region shared by Colombia and Venezuela. The area is also home to... -
Lawless – Gangs of Haiti
Haiti is a broken state. Since the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise, street gangs armed with military grade weapons from the US have filled the power vacuum, taking control of 90 percent of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and swathes of the countryside. Killing and kidnapping-for-r...
