Serbia's 'waste river' threatens to clog dam

4 years ago
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Almost as far as the eye can see, garbage spreads out over Serbia's Potpecko Lake, lapping against the dam that crosses it. Built up over many years against a backdrop of rolling rural hills, the ocean of plastic now threatens to clog up the dam's hydroelectric plant, a local activist says, and Serbian authorities have ordered an immediate clean-up.

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