Cape Town (South Africa), 09/03/2019.- A freediver places plastic waste and debris picked up from Dalebrook tidal pool into a bucket during a beach clean up in Kalk Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, 09 March 2019. The clean up was organised by Oceano Reddentes, a South African Non-Profit Organisation teaching ocean users to collect plastic to make Ecobricks which are then used to build homes for the homeless. Plastic pollution has reached epidemic proportion. According to an Ellen MacArthur Foundation report there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050. Africa is one of the most affected continents due to its extensive coastline and underdeveloped waste systems allowing plastic waste to easily enter the ocean. The rapid growth of plastic production in the three biggest areas the European Union, China and the US particularly in single-use plastics is recognized as one of the greatest risks facing the environment and mankind. Efforts at recycling and plastic waste education are on the rise on the African continent with many programs being initiated by youth groups who view the problem as the biggest environmental challenge facing the new generation. (Ciclismo, Sudáfrica) EFE/EPA/NIC BOTHMA