NatGeo team to study Padma

An international expedition team will study plastic pollution in one of the world’s most iconic waterways - the Ganges River (known locally as Ganga and Padma).

The “Sea to Source: Ganges” river expedition, in partnership with the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dhaka University and WildTeam, is part of National Geographic’s journey to document how plastic waste travels from source and to fill critical knowledge gaps around plastic flow, load and composition, said a press release.

This is the first of several expeditions planned as part of NatGeo’s “Planet or Plastic?” initiative, which aims to reduce use of single-use plastic that reaches the ocean.