Posted on Sep 29, 2019
Eco-protesters fight Moscow’s attempt to ‘trash’ Russia’s north
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Who would want what’s possibly Europe’s largest landfill in their own backyard?
That question lies at the center of a protest against the construction of a massive garbage dump in northern Russia — an environmental issue that has come to symbolize growing regional resentments toward Moscow’s power over the rest of Russia’s far-flung regions.
The fight over Shiyes — a remote railway outpost in Russia’s Arkhangelsk Province that is to play host to the giant landfill — first erupted a little over a year ago after local hunters came across a secret construction site deep in the region’s forests.
That question lies at the center of a protest against the construction of a massive garbage dump in northern Russia — an environmental issue that has come to symbolize growing regional resentments toward Moscow’s power over the rest of Russia’s far-flung regions.
The fight over Shiyes — a remote railway outpost in Russia’s Arkhangelsk Province that is to play host to the giant landfill — first erupted a little over a year ago after local hunters came across a secret construction site deep in the region’s forests.
Eco-protesters fight Moscow’s attempt to ‘trash’ Russia’s north
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Once again we see an attack on Mother Earth. We have never seriously addressed the huge (and growing) problem of waste. This is a global problem. It is only going to get worse, I fear.
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Trash in the north will keep if frozen till the earth's axis changes, and the north becomes warmer.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
PO3 (Join to see) Obviously Challenged in that Part of Russia. But what do You Expect, Siberia, Hillbilly Country of Russia, "They Won't Mind" (Yeah they Do, Country Doesn't Mean They're Stupid).
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*National Sword* (link) Big shakeup in progress in US and elsewhere w/current recycling practices - especially relying on shipping it “elsewhere.”
*Plastic China* made the film festival circuit and was even seen in China for a while before the government pulled it from Chinese Internet. Coincidence or causation, National Sword came shortly thereafter.
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/national-sword/
*Plastic China* made the film festival circuit and was even seen in China for a while before the government pulled it from Chinese Internet. Coincidence or causation, National Sword came shortly thereafter.
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/national-sword/
National Sword - 99% Invisible
Where does your recycling go? In most places in the U.S., you throw it in a bin, and then it gets carted off to be sorted and cleaned at a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). From there, much of it is shipped off to mills, where bales of paper, glass, aluminum, and plastic are pulped or
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