Several waterways across Metro Manila remain polluted despite the government's effort of cleaning them up. Another "Estero Blitz" has been launched which aims to rid wate...
Dozens of environmental activists stage a protest in front of Grahadi, Surabaya. They urge people to recycle and throw out rubbish in the correct way to help the environment. Surabaya, ...
The indefinite occupation of the area where operations are performed on the construction of the Waste Transfer Station in the Efkarpia, continue by residents and institutions of Western...
Plastic waste is sorted into different categories depending on its value when sold to a recycler. There is some plastic that is of no value, and is simply burned. Kendari, Indonesia. ...
Animal activists, human rights activists, pet owners and several dogs picketed the Cabinet of Ministers in protest of the government's killing of stray animals in preparation for E...
For survival, a man takes food from a garbage bin and the street gutter, which are generally for crows. The man and the birds share the debris to fill their stomachs. Bangladesh. 7th Ma...
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Haredim riot in the neighborhood of Mea Shearim near Kikar Hashabbat protesting arrest of six community members this morning for alleged tax offenses worth mi...
In the rainy season garbage in the river piles up more than ever as the water rises. Awareness to keep the river clean is still low in Indonesia. 11th January 2012
Garbage that was dumped into a East Java river has contaminated the local water and caused a blockage of the flow. Flooding now occurs during the rainy season and brought the onset of v...
The centre of Brussels closed for all traffic by angry garbagemen, protesting new Belgian reforms. They burned garbage cans in numerous places in the centre of the European Quarters.Bru...
Considered to be one of the largest landfills in the world, the government of Mexico City decides to turn this garbage dump into a recycling plant to exploit the high concentrations of ...
The Mexican government began the closure and replacement
of the capital’s Bordo Poniente landfill, located on Highway Penon-Texcoco, meeting one of the major goals outlined in the Gre...
A garbage collector surrounded by a pile of trash collects plastic for recycling at a garbage dump site in Kelantan, some 550km away from the capital Kuala Lumpur. 10th December 2011
Hundreds of people live in the Siem Reap rubbish dumps, just 30km away from the famous Angkor Wat, visited by millions of tourist every year. Siem Reap, Cambodia.
On the 3nd anniversary of the shooting of Alexandros Grigoropoulos, demonstrations by students were dominated by slogans against police violence. Patra, Greece. 6th December 2011
Hundreds of masked protesters hurled petrol bombs and clashed with Greek police outside parliament as lawmakers inside debated a budget packed with more unpopular belt-tightening auster...
On the 3nd anniversary of the shooting of Alexandros Grigoropoulos, demonstrations by students were dominated by slogans against police violence. Thessaloniki, Greece. 6th December 2011
Piles of garbage have been growing in the city as many dumped furniture damaged by floodwater and garden plants and trees that died while submerged. Buddhist monks and park rangers have...
Following the worst floods in 50 years, masses of flood-damaged property has been dumped along the sides of main roads in West Bangkok, with some who are prepared to search through it, ...
A flock of egrets seen gathered around a rubbish dump looking for food at one of the waste landfill sites in Lhokseumawe, some 300 kilometres north east of the city of Banda Aceh. Indon...
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