When the Lim river swells in the winter, trash from illegal landfills is swept into the Potpec lake in southwest Serbia. Construction machines are being repurposed to clear the tons of waste clogging the lake, but advocates say tougher action is needed.
Birds are seen resting on top of tons of waste floating on Lim river near Priboj, Serbia, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Plastic bottles, wooden planks, rusty barrels and other garbage dumped in poorly regulated riverside landfills or directly into the rivers accumulated during high water season, behind a trash barrier in the Lim river in southwestern Serbia.
Year after year during the winter months, the lake near the southwest Serbian town of Priboj fills with tons of garbage such as plastic bottles, rusty barrels, dead animals and even furniture or home appliances.
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