The Dirtiest River in the World: The Walagun Citarum, Java, Indonesia
Geschreven op 3-10-2010 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Niet gecategoriseerd
May be you’ve heard of the big garbage patches in our oceans. May be you have wondered where all pollution came from? May be you have heard of some polluted rivers? Yep, may be you have heard about the dirtiest river in the world.
It’s an old story and i found some articles back to 2007 and 2008. December 5, 2008, the Asian Development Bank approved a $500 million loan for cleaning up the Walungan Citarum (Sundanese), calling it the world’s dirtiest river. But is that river cleaned up? No information about the big cleaning operation to find.
Citarum is a river in West Java, Indonesia. It has an important role in the life of the people of West Java, as it is used to support agriculture, water supply, industry, sewerage, etc. The river is heavily polluted by human activity; about five million people live in the basin of the river. Source: Wikipedia
And how many other rivers in the world are polluted with garbage, with plastic? Here is a nice collection: The Lake of Floating Garbage Beichuan, Sichuan Province, China – Polluted River Nairobi – The Most Polluted Rivers in the World – Polluted River China – Estero de Paco: Life Along the River – Ganga River India –Awful Pictures of Pollution
And where does all that rubbish go? Yep, to our oceans. Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Plastic Soup and Plastic Planet – The Throwaway Mentality and The 5 Oceanic Gyres
Time to clean up the mess: We Beat The Mountain: We Use Your Trash for Cool Products – From Oil to Plastic and from Plastic back to Oil: The Magic Box by Akinori Ito – Electrolux Vac from The Sea: Made from Collected Ocean Plastic – The Corona Save the Beach Hotel in Rome: Made from Trash by German Artist HA Shult – Recycled Island: Cleaning our Oceans and Creating a Floating City – Plastic Soep by Jesse Goossens
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