Sections of the Balkan river have become a floating garbage dump.
Tons of waste dumped in poorly regulated riverside landfills or directly into the waterways that flow across three countries end up accumulating behind a trash barrier in the Drina River in eastern Bosnia during the wet weather of winter and early spring.
Heavy rain and unseasonably warm weather over the past week have caused many rivers and streams in Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro to overflow, flooding the surrounding areas and forcing scores of people from their homes. Temperatures dropped in many areas on Friday as rain turned into snow. Removing the garbage takes up to six months, on average. It ends up at the municipal landfill in Visegrad, which Furtula said"does not even have sufficient capacity to handle municipal waste."
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