Cop27: World’s largest plastic waste pyramid unveiled ahead of climate summit

The world’s largest plastic waste pyramid has been unveiled in Egypt ahead of the Cop27 climate summit.

It marks the beginning of a movement called the “100yr cleanup” - an initiative in partnership with The Hidden Sea wine - that seeks to fund large-scale rubbish clean-ups and drive accountability for the single-use plastic problem.

The pyramid was erected just outside Cairo and the immense structure, which took five days to build, weighs a whopping 18 tonnes.

It stands taller than a three-storey building and is made using the equivalent of one million plastic water bottles.

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