It is ambitious, but ambition builds the world': can the Gambia's bold plan to cut plastic pollution work?

The Gambia has long acknowledged it has a problem with plastic, and for nearly a decade, it has attempted to solve it through legislation, including an anti-littering law in 2007 and a ban on plastic bags in 2015.

Lamin Jassey, working in environmental conservation, urges that implementation of the Gambia's recent action plan on plastic waste can't come quickly enough, stating, 'Our water bodies, our rivers, our oceans are choking.'

Jassey welcomes the new action plan but expresses skepticism about government measures, stating that they seem 'beautiful on paper' and questioning whether the common man is benefiting from such initiatives.

Ajie Fana reacts skeptically about a plastic-free Gambia, laughing and highlighting the challenging reality by pointing at the Rubbish dump in Bakoteh, calling it the largest landfill site in the Gambia.

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