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Bosnia’s Drina River Choked by Winter Trash as Longstanding Pollution Persists
Tons of trash from Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro clog the Drina River each winter, with no lasting solution despite regional pledges to cooperate, activists say.
- Near Visegrad, construction machines work around the clock to remove tons of trash clogging the Drina River near Visegrad, where every winter garbage accumulates at barriers by the Visegrad hydro power plant.
- Because rivers swell each winter, activists blame the lack of political will and inactivity by relevant institutions, despite meetings and pledges.
- Workers report medical waste and dead animals among debris, while the Drina River’s emerald-green surface is thickly covered with plastic bottles, wood, furniture, rusty barrels, and home appliances.
- Environmental groups warn toxins released by debris threaten fish in the Drina River, calling it an ecological disaster while noting environmental protection is key for 27-nation bloc membership.
- Officials from Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro pledged cooperation, but the 2019 meeting of environment ministers left no lasting solution as activists note repeated promises each winter.
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Seasonal rains have washed huge amounts of garbage from illegal dumps in the area into the Drina River in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. The political summit pledged in 2019 to jointly address this environmental disaster, but nothing has changed.
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