Islands of garbage clog rivers, threaten dam in the Balkans
Islands of garbage clog rivers, threaten dam in the Balkans ECOSYSTEM IN DANGER: Tonnes of trash routinely end up in the rivers of the Balkans, but Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro have done little to address the problem AP, VISEGRAD, Bosnia-Herzegovina Huge islands of garbage floating on 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 on Tuesday clogging the Drina River near the eastern Bosnian town of Visegrad. Upstream, the Drina’...