TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY HELENE COLLIOPOULOU / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Aegean Rebreath" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
This handout picture taken in 2019 and released on November 30, 2019 by the Aegean Rebreath shows volunteers collecting a plastic rubbish bin 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 Handout / The Aegean Rebreath / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Aegean Rebreath" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS