Waste from Albania washes up in Croatia

A large amount of waste, including animal carcasses and hospital waste has polluted the shores of the Pelješac peninsula and Mljet island in Croatia.

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Monday, 22.11.2010.

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A large amount of waste, including animal carcasses and hospital waste has polluted the shores of the Peljesac peninsula and Mljet island in Croatia. Index.hr website reports that several hundred square kilometers have been littered, and that while even waste dumped into the sea in Italy and Greece could have washed up in Croatia, most of the labels that can be read were in Albanian. Waste from Albania washes up in Croatia The locals meanwhile hope for help from the state to clean up the pollution and to find out where the waste, which has plagues the area in ever increasing amounts each year, comes from. Croatia's Administration for Protection and Rescue (DUSZ) said that while a certain amount of waste from Albania has been reaching the Mljet area of the Adriatic Sea each year, this time the amount is significantly higher. The Port of Dubrovnik official Nikola Beusan said that the waste was mostly non-organic, and that it is therefore not bio-degradable. "We're talking bottles, needles, catheters. The rest is organic, such as animal carcasses, wood and so forth," Beusan was quoted as saying. A beach in the affected area (index.hr)

Waste from Albania washes up in Croatia

The locals meanwhile hope for help from the state to clean up the pollution and to find out where the waste, which has plagues the area in ever increasing amounts each year, comes from.

Croatia's Administration for Protection and Rescue (DUSZ) said that while a certain amount of waste from Albania has been reaching the Mljet area of the Adriatic Sea each year, this time the amount is significantly higher.

The Port of Dubrovnik official Nikola Beusan said that the waste was mostly non-organic, and that it is therefore not bio-degradable.

"We're talking bottles, needles, catheters. The rest is organic, such as animal carcasses, wood and so forth," Beusan was quoted as saying.

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