In pictures: Greece fights rising tide of plastic pollution

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Greece has the European Union’s longest coastline, poor waste management and an addiction to single-use plastic that is littering the country’s seabed.

Volunteer divers collect tires from the sea floor in Saronic gulf near Athens (Vassilis Tsiairis/Aegean Rebreath via AP)
Volunteer divers collect tires from the sea floor in Saronic gulf near Athens (Vassilis Tsiairis/Aegean Rebreath via AP)

Greece Hooked on Plastic
A pigeon that was injured by plastic rope in Athens. (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP)

Greece Hooked on Plastic
A rubbish collection at Kolovrechtis wetland near Halkida. Only 16% of rubbish is recycled in Greece, compared with the EU’s average of 44% (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP)

Greece Hooked on Plastic
Divers collect bottles and plates from the sea floor in Saronic gulf near of Athens (Vassilis Tsiairis/Aegean Rebreath via AP)

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