Egyptian engineer and a naturalized German citizen Hani Azer, the supervisor of The Berlin Central Train Station, takes part of the Nile Cleanup initiative to collect plastic waste on the bank of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 ahead of COP 27 to be held in Egypt in November 6

Fishermen chat as they prepare to sell their catch of plastic bottles to sell to the Verynile initiative on the bank of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Local environmental group, VeryNile has asked fishermen to use their boats to collect plastic bottles from the river paying above average price for these bottles ahead of COP 27, Conference of the Parties of the UNFCC, to be held in Egypt in November 6.

Nile Cleanup initiative volunteers collect waste on the bank of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. The campaign organized by Youth Love Egypt Foundation and the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources, ahead of COP 27, Conference of the Parties of the UNFCC, to be held in Egypt in November 6.

A woman and her children clean dishes beside plastic waste on the banks of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Local environmental groups have asked fishermen to use their boats to collect plastic waste from the river, paying above average prices ahead of COP 27, Conference of the Parties of the UNFCC, to be held in Egypt on Nov 6.

A woman and her children clean dishes beside plastic waste on the banks of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Local environmental groups have asked fishermen to use their boats to collect plastic waste from the river, paying above average prices ahead of COP 27, Conference of the Parties of the UNFCC, to be held in Egypt on Nov 6.

A picture taken on September 29, 2022 shows plastic and garbage floating on the bank of Nile River in the Egyptian capital of Cairo.

Volunteers collecting plastic and garbage from the Nile River in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on September 29, 2022, as part of Nile clean-up campaign.

A woman and her children cleans their dishes as Nile Cleanup initiative volunteers collect plastic waste on the banks of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. The campaign is organized by Youth Love Egypt Foundation and the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources, ahead of COP 27 on Nov. 6.

A fisherman prepares his collection of plastic bottles to sell to the Verynile initiative on the banks of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Local environmental group, VeryNile has asked fishermen to use their boats to collect plastic bottles from the river, paying above average prices ahead of the COP 27, Conference of the Parties of the UNFCC, to be held in Egypt in Nov. 6. AP

Volunteers collecting plastic and garbage from the Nile River in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on September 29, 2022, as part of Nile clean-up campaign. AFP

Volunteers collecting plastic and garbage from the Nile River in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on September 29, 2022, as part of Nile clean-up campaign. AFP

Volunteers collecting plastic and garbage from the Nile River in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on September 29, 2022, as part of Nile clean-up campaign. AFP