In the middle of the Egyptian desert, just outside Cairo, a new sculpture has gained the singular distinction of being the world's "largest plastic waste pyramid."
Measuring nearly 33 feet high and weighing some 18 metric tons, the sculpture — made of plastic litter removed from the Nile — is truly gargantuan. The sculptors behind say it should serve as a stark message to leaders at COP27, the international climate conference that began in Sharm el-Sheikh last week, about the "incredible crisis" of plastic pollution.
