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Clearing plastic waste out of Lake Victoria

Julius Mugambwa | Julia Mielke
October 9, 2023

Despite limits on some plastics in Uganda, the material is slowly clogging up Lake Victoria. Now a local initiative is working to clean it up by training young divers to retrieve the rubbish from the water.

https://p.dw.com/p/4X695
Julius Mugambwa Julius Mugambwa is a freelance DW correspondent based in Kampala, Uganda.@Mugambwa_
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