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AP PHOTOS: ‘Plastic Man’ in Senegal on mission against trash

The environmental activist Modou Fall, who many simply call "Plastic Man", poses for a photo at the Yarakh Beach littered by trash and plastics in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. As he walks, plastics dangle from his arms and legs, rustling in the wind while strands drag on the ground. On his chest, poking out from the plastics, is a sign in French that says, "No to plastic bags." (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Boys run among trash that litters the sand of Yarakh Beach in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. In 2020, Senegal passed a law that banned some plastic products. But if the mountains of plastic garbage on this beach are any indication, the country is struggling with enforcement. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) The environmental activist Modou Fall, who many simply call "Plastic Man", walks on the Yarakh Beach littered by trash and plastics in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. In 2020, Senegal passed a law that banned some plastic products. But if the mountains of plastic garbage on this beach are any indication, the country is struggling with enforcement. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) The environmental activist Modou Fall, who many simply call "Plastic Man", talks to the locals about the pollution caused by plastic bags at the Yarakh Beach littered by trash in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. As he walks, plastics dangle from his arms and legs, rustling in the wind while strands drag on the ground. On his chest, poking out from the plastics, is a sign in French that says, "No to plastic bags." (AP Photo/Leo Correa) The environmental activist Modou Fall, who many simply call "Plastic Man", walks on Yarakh Beach littered by trash and plastics in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. In 2020, Senegal passed a law that banned some plastic products. But if the mountains of plastic garbage on this beach are any indication, the country is struggling with enforcement. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Trash and plastics litter the sand of Yarakh Beach in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. In 2020, Senegal passed a law that banned some plastic products. But if the mountains of plastic garbage on this beach are any indication, the country is struggling with enforcement. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Traditional boats, known as pirogues, are docked at the Yarakh Beach littered by trash and plastics in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. In 2020, Senegal passed a law that banned some plastic products. But if the mountains of plastic garbage on this beach are any indication, the country is struggling with enforcement. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) The environmental activist Modou Fall, who many simply call "Plastic Man", walks on the Yarakh Beach littered by trash and plastics in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. As he walks, plastics dangle from his arms and legs, rustling in the wind while strands drag on the ground. On his chest, poking out from the plastics, is a sign in French that says, "No to plastic bags." (AP Photo/Leo Correa) The environmental activist Modou Fall, who many simply call "Plastic Man", wears his uniform before an event about environmental health and pollution management in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. As he walks, plastics dangle from his arms and legs, rustling in the wind while strands drag on the ground. On his chest, poking out from the plastics, is a sign in French that says, "No to plastic bags." (AP Photo/Leo Correa) The environmental activist Modou Fall, who many simply call "Plastic Man", takes part in an event about environmental health and pollution management in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. As he walks, plastics dangle from his arms and legs, rustling in the wind while strands drag on the ground. On his chest, poking out from the plastics, is a sign in French that says, "No to plastic bags." (AP Photo/Leo Correa) The environmental activist Modou Fall, who many simply call "Plastic Man", talks to public workers during an event about environmental health and pollution management in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. As he walks, plastics dangle from his arms and legs, rustling in the wind while strands drag on the ground. On his chest, poking out from the plastics, is a sign in French that says, "No to plastic bags." (AP Photo/Leo Correa) The environmental activist Modou Fall, who many simply call "Plastic Man", stands next to an open sewage as he shows the pollution that contaminates the Yarakh Beach in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. As he walks, plastics dangle from his arms and legs, rustling in the wind while strands drag on the ground. On his chest, poking out from the plastics, is a sign in French that says, "No to plastic bags." (AP Photo/Leo Correa) The environmental activist Modou Fall, who many simply call "Plastic Man", walks on the Yarakh Beach littered by trash and plastics in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. As he walks, plastics dangle from his arms and legs, rustling in the wind while strands drag on the ground. On his chest, poking out from the plastics, is a sign in French that says, "No to plastic bags." (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Boys play soccer among trash that litters the sand of Yarakh Beach in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. In 2020, Senegal passed a law that banned some plastic products. But if the mountains of plastic garbage on this beach are any indication, the country is struggling with enforcement. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Open sewage flows to the ocean next to traditional boats known as pirogues at the Yarakh Beach in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. In 2020, Senegal passed a law that banned some plastic products. But if the mountains of plastic garbage on this beach are any indication, the country is struggling with enforcement. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Kids look at environmental activist Modou Fall, who many simply call "Plastic Man", while he walks on the Yarakh Beach littered by trash and plastics in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. As he walks, plastics dangle from his arms and legs, rustling in the wind while strands drag on the ground. On his chest, poking out from the plastics, is a sign in French that says, "No to plastic bags." (AP Photo/Leo Correa)