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Lake of garbage: Every winter pollution is swept from overflowing landfills into Balkan waterways January 26, 2021 / 5:57 AM / AP Garbage floats on the Potpec accumulation lake near Priboj, in southwest Serbia, January 22, 2021. Darko Vojinovic/AP Priboj, Serbia — Trucks and building machines are parked on a river dam in southwest Serbia, but not for construction work. Instead, huge cranes are being used to clear tons of garbage crammed at the foot of the power plant. Serbia and other Balkan nations are overwhelmed by communal waste after decades of neglect and a lack of ...

PRIBOJ, Serbia (AP) — Trucks and building machines are parked on a river dam in...

Lake in Serbia is pictured covered with waste Ryan Fahey For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Cranes and building machinery were sent to a lake in Serbia last week to clear a thick layer of waste covering its surface. Tons of floating waste have accumulated at the foot of the Lim River hydro-electric power plant on the Potpeć Reservoir in southwest Serbia following heavy rains earlier this year. The islands of rubbish are now threatening to clog the dam.  Serbia, like the other Balkan nations, is overwhelmed by communal waste after decades of neglect a...

Islands of garbage clog rivers, threaten dam in Balkans By ELDAR EMRICJanuary 5, 2021 GMT VISEGRAD, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Huge islands of garbage floating on some rivers in the Balkans are causing an environmental emergency and threatening a regional hydropower plant. Plastic bottles, rusty barrels and other waste could be seen clogging the Drina River near the eastern Bosnian town of Visegrad on Tuesday. Upstream, the Drina’s tributaries in Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia carried even more debris after swollen waterways spilled over into landfills. The Balkan nations have poor waste ...

Environmental disaster on the Drina River a warning for authorities Due to heavy rainfall and high water levels of the Drina River and the Lim River, a huge amount of waste stopped at the dam H. J. I. / Fena 06.01.2021 VIŠEGRAD Environmental disaster on the Drina River a warning for authorities 4 The specialized team of the Hydro Power Plant "Višegrad" annually removes 6,000 to 8,000 cubic meters of floating waste from the Drina River Foto: Fena Although Višegrad has had a problem with waste for many years, an ecological disaster occurred earlier this year when about four thousand cubic ...