Nauseating trash heaps in India spark citizen cleanup drives
In this Aug. 19, 2017 photo, people walk past garbage at the Versova beach on the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai, India. The 2.5-kilometer (approximately 1.5 miles) stretch of Mumbai’s Versova beach was littered with plastic water bottles, discarded plastic bags and containers, empty packets of chips, and more plastic wrappers. According to government estimates, each one of India’s 1.3 billion citizens generates roughly 0.2 to 0.6 kilograms (approximately 0.44 to 1.3 pounds) of waste each day. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)/ MUMBAI, India (AP) — ...
Click
To Read Full Article