Thursday, 28 February 2019

Rivers of waste: Pakistan's recyclers go out on patrol – in pictures

About half of the 20m tonnes of rubbish produced by Pakistan each year is burned or thrown into rivers, causing pollution, disease and flooding. A recycling hub in Islamabad is trying to tackle the problem

Photographs by Hazel Thompson/Tearfund

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2EjJvct

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