One image from a Guardian photoessay about environmental destruction in Senegal.
Dakar’s nine-mile-long Hann Bay used to be known as one of West Africa’s most beautiful, lined with traditional fishing villages, villas and tourist attractions. But for the last 20 years it has been at the centre of the city’s industrialisation, with 80% of the city’s industry nearby. Today it is one of Dakar’s most polluted areas, with canals spilling raw sewage and chemicals on to the beach and into the sea.
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About plastic film / bag recycling in America, and how it is not happening. Spoiler - they put trackers in the plastic bags, so they can track and show where the 'recycled' bags ended up.
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Watch Live: The Secret Life of Plastic Recycling, an ABC News special report
Thank goodness We have given those whom We robbed something in return.
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