Two rivers, the
Bhagirathi and the
Alaknanda, converge in
the western Himalaya
to form the Ganges,
at the Indian town of
Devaprayag— Sanskrit
for “holy confluence.”
The amount of plastic
waste flowing out
of the Ganges is esti-
mated at more than
6,000 tons a year.
The Ganges River
is a sacred
waterway in India.
It’s also a major
source of the
manufactured
waste that fouls
the ocean.