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This handout picture taken in 2019 and released on November 30, 2019 by the Aegean Rebreath, shows volunteers collecting tires from the sea during an operation by Aegean Rebreath, a Greek organisation formed in 2017 to protect Aegean biodiversity from waste, on the Ionian island of Zakynthos. - In its two years of operation, Aegean Rebreath has amassed 9,000 plastic water bottles, 3,6 tons of fishing net and 289 tyres. The Mediterranean, a partly closed sea, accumulates 570,000 tons of plastic annually from surrounding countries, according to the World Wildlife Fund. (Photo by VASSILIS TSIAIRIS / The Aegean Rebreath / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / the Aegean Rebreath / VASSILIS TSIAIRIS" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS