the best way to get from freetown airport to downtown is by boat captain sagal mansour a of sikh express has been making the journey for 15 years his biggest challenge navigating through all the plastic debris is very very. very very dangerous the classes that they've been given the games in the. end it's a view these things 510 years not soon after it's plastic trash clogs up the engine almost every journey that's why someone keeps watch at the back of the boat into and out the captain as soon as that happens often the damage is already done. 3 towns plastic problem is also evident in other parts of the city some blame the government but drainage canals awash with trash point to the need for an alternative approach to waste. yet sierra leone still does not even have its own plastic recycling center refuse either ends up in a landfill sometimes right in the city center or it's exported the head of the environmental protection agency says the government must act immediately he admits there have been failings but now he would like to see a complete ban on single use plastics. we differ hav