Trash

FILE PHOTO: A balloon carrying various objects including what appeared to be trash, believed to have been sent by North Korea, is pictured at the sea off Incheon, South Korea, June 9, 2024. Yonhap via REUTERS/File Photo
Asia

Hello Kitty, parasites: Inside North Korea trash balloons according to South

North Korea has flown balloons carrying trash since late May, with hundreds landing in South Korea

Photo/SBS TV
Offbeat

Man collects 150 tonnes of garbage in 10yrs for ‘lazy’ son’s future

Members of the River Warriors gather trash to a 'trash boat' from the heavily polluted San Juan River, a tributary of Pasig River, in Mandaluyong City, Philippines, June 21, 2021. The "River Warriors" is a group of volunteers founded over a decade ago whose sole purpose was to pick up garbage in and around Manila's Pasig River. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
World+Biz

Philippine 'river warriors' fight tide of trash for cleaner future

Workers of Waste Management and Treatment Centre of Jashore Municipality sort out wastes to produce organic fertiliser from it. The plant authorities assign NGOs to collect garbage from the city. This plant is the first of its kind in Bangladesh. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Industry

Putting trash to use: Jashore waste management centre paves the way 

Mount Everest has been dubbed world's highest rubbish dump/ BSS-AFP
Environment

Nepal to turn Everest trash into art to highlight mountain’s garbage blight