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    The World’s Filthiest Places

    The World’s Filthiest Places

    Posted on July 25, 2011 by admin
    It’s easy to take for granted the relative cleanliness of your surroundings when it’s all you know, and it’s safe to say that most of the people reading this will no doubt have grown up in societies equipped with the resources necessary to keep their local communities — streets, rivers, parks, etc. — free of litter and pollution, or at least clean enough not to have their health threatened. Sadly it’s not that easy the world over, and for the communities seen below such basic and essential resources aren’t (or weren’t at the time of the photos being taken) available.
    Marilao River, Bulacan, Phillipines

    Above: The Marialo River in Bulacan, Phillipines, was classified in 2007 as one of the “Dirty 30″, a list of the most polluted places in the developing world. At the time of the survey, it was found that industrial waste was routinely dumped in the area’s river system.
    Yoff, Dakar, Senegal

    Above: Scenes from Yoff, a small town just north of Dakar, Senegal. A sea of litter stretches from local homes down to the coast.
    Mumbai, India

    Above: A hideous but all too common sight in the slums of Mumbai, India. Locals avoid the waste by walking along the enormous pipes that carry clean water to affluent neighbourhoods.
    Naples, Italy

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    Above: Amazing photographs from Naples in 2008, at a time when a garbage crisis had caused chaos in the area due to the local mafia’s inability to control the local garbage industry for one reason or another. The crisis has since been contained.
    Citarum River, Java, Indonesia

    Above: Workers valiantly attempt to clean the Citarum, one of the world’s most polluted rivers, during a clean-up operation that began in 2008.
    Estero de Paco, Manila

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    Above: These rivers in Manila are apparently so dense with litter that small animals are regularly seen running up and down in search of food. The resultant odour is said to be unbearable.

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    Some of those in nice cities is because of garbage strike & UNIONS. No ?

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    Naples was but I think they still not clear away

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    It's a disgrace.

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    Quote Originally Posted by farmerfloyd
    Some of those in nice cities is because of garbage strike & UNIONS. No?
    due to the local mafia’s inability to control..
    Any clearer?

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    The very first time I came to Thailand I was in Mumbai and I always imagined Bangkok to be same, as I landed in the night at the old airport I thought then BKK is a palace compared to Mumbai

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