The Drina River in Bosnia-Herzegovina has been left crammed with rubbish following wet weather. Waste from poorly regulated riverside landfills has left a vast carpet of pollution which stretches across the width of the water.
Tonnes of waste - including plastic bottles, used tyres and fridge freezers - has turned a river known for its emerald colour and outstanding scenery into a floating rubbish dump.has been left crammed with rubbish following wet weather.
Environmental activists say the resulting blockage has turned the town into an unofficial regional waste site. This is not the first time the area has become full of rubbish, with the same situation occurring in 2021, endangering the local ecosystem and people's health.Dejan Furtula, of the environmental group Eko Centar Visegrad, said:"We had a lot of rainfall and torrential floods in recent days and a huge inflow of water from [the Drina's tributaries in] Montenegro which is now, fortunately, subsiding.
Around 10,000 cubic meters of waste are estimated to have collected behind the barrier in recent days. The same amount was pulled in recent years from that area of the river.Mr Furtula said the local waste site"does not even have sufficient capacity to handle [the city's] municipal waste. The fires on the landfill site are always burning."
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