The Las Vacas River in Guatemala now consists largely of garbage. 60 percent of the river now consists of waste and wastewater from the nearby capital Guatemala City.
This means that the water can hardly flow - not to mention the living conditions for animals and plants. The problem is not limited to the small Central American country alone. According to the organization "The Ocean Cleanup", two percent of all plastic waste that reaches the oceans worldwide comes from Montagua alone - due to pollution in Guatemala.