Re:The recycling myth: A plastic waste solution littered wit...
by latchkey on Saturday July 31, 2021 @12:12PM
(#28019384)
Vietnam. Cambodia. Laos. I spent 4 years living and traveling all over those countries by motorbike.
Not just the beaches, but every single waterway, alley, forest, jungle. Literally everywhere.
I have pictures of the waterways in Saigon at low tide and the ground is covered in plastic. At high tide, there are government run boats that go up and down some of the waterways to collect a fraction of the trash that people just dump in there.
Every single little town/commune/village has a spot on the way in/out of town with mounds of trash (mostly plastic). Usually partially burning, smelly and covered in bugs.
Not just the beaches, but every single waterway, alley, forest, jungle. Literally everywhere.
I have pictures of the waterways in Saigon at low tide and the ground is covered in plastic. At high tide, there are government run boats that go up and down some of the waterways to collect a fraction of the trash that people just dump in there.
Every single little town/commune/village has a spot on the way in/out of town with mounds of trash (mostly plastic). Usually partially burning, smelly and covered in bugs.
It is tragic.