In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 photo, a TV screen floats next to rocky coastal area in the Mediterranean Sea on the Beirut coastline, Lebanon. Once a source of pride, the country’s Mediterranean coastline has become a source of shame for many Lebanese because of the swirling trash that pollutes its shores. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
In this Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 photo, fish swim in the Mediterranean Sea as a rat enters a sewage pipe next to rocky coastal area along the Beirut coastline, Lebanon. Once a source of pride, the country’s Mediterranean coastline has become a source of shame for many Lebanese because of the swirling trash that pollutes its shores. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 photo, a man casts his fishing pole in the Mediterranean Sea as pieces of plastic bottles collected by activists hang on a wall, next to the rocky coastal area in the Mediterranean Sea on the Beirut coastline, Lebanon. Once a source of pride, the country’s Mediterranean coastline has become a source of shame for many Lebanese because of the swirling trash that pollutes its shores. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
COMBO- This combination of nine photographs taken on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 photo shows items of trash thrown on the rocky coastal area of the the Mediterranean Sea on the Beirut coastline, Lebanon. Once a source of pride, the country’s Mediterranean coastline has become a source of shame for many Lebanese because of the swirling trash that pollutes its shores. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 photo, people fish next to a sewage overflow pipe emptying into the Mediterranean Sea along the Beirut coastline, Lebanon. Once a source of pride, the country’s Mediterranean coastline has become a source of shame for many Lebanese because of the swirling trash that pollutes its shores. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
In this Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, photo, plastic bags float as swimmers prepare to emulate sea creatures in an effort to send a message that pollutants such as bottles and plastic bags will entangle marine animals, next to the rocky coastal area in the Mediterranean Sea on the Beirut coastline, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
COMBO- This combination of nine photographs taken on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 photo shows items of trash thrown on the rocky coastal area of the the Mediterranean Sea on the Beirut coastline, Lebanon. Once a source of pride, the country’s Mediterranean coastline has become a source of shame for many Lebanese because of the swirling trash that pollutes its shores. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
In this Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 photo, workers remove wood and trash from the Mediterranean Sea along the Beirut coastline, Lebanon. Once a source of pride, the country’s Mediterranean coastline has become a source of shame for many Lebanese because of the swirling trash that pollutes its shores.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
In this Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, photo, fish swim over to trash and bottles next to the rocky coastal area in the Mediterranean Sea on the Beirut coastline, Lebanon. Once a source of pride, the country’s Mediterranean coastline has become a source of shame for many Lebanese because of the swirling trash that pollutes its shores.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
In this Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 photo, trash floats next to rocky coastal area in the Mediterranean Sea on the Beirut coastline, Lebanon. Once a source of pride, the country’s Mediterranean coastline has become a source of shame for many Lebanese because of the swirling trash that pollutes its shores. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
This Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 photo shot with a slow shutter speed shows plastic bottles floating next to a rocky coastal area in the Mediterranean Sea on the Beirut coastline, Lebanon. Once a source of pride, the country’s Mediterranean coastline has become a source of shame for many Lebanese because of the swirling trash that pollutes its shores. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, photo, people fish next to a sewage overflow pipe emptying into the Mediterranean Sea along the Beirut coastline, Lebanon. Environmentalists say thousands of tons of trash and untreated waste is getting dumped directly into the sea. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)