Plastic, a pollution issue at Colombian Guajira

LA GUAJIRA, COLOMBIA - OCTOBER 20: People of several areas of La Guajira, like in Uribia face difficulties due to the high volumes of garbage with which they must live everyday in Uribia, La Guajira, Colombia on October 20, 2019. La Guajira is a department located in a peninsula in North of Colombia. The population in this place is about 900,000 people of which 48% (440,000) are the indigenous Wayuu. This place in which culture is what stands out the most. But actually has a variety of problems, which one of them is plastic deposits in their desert. In this department contrasts the beauty and magic of places like Cabo de la Vela with the kilometers of garbage that surround cities like Maicao and Uribia, the pollution is one or the biggest growing problems in modern day society. Pollution is a affecting a huge part of the world, including La Guajira, Colombia. (Photo by Juancho Torres/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)