\n[post_page_title]Graveyard of Trash[\/post_page_title]
\nThis is a sobering sight for anyone. Mounds of trash as far into the horizon as the eye can see. Do we really want this to be our legacy? Everyone could stand to be a bit friendlier these days.
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\n[post_page_title]Smokey the Dog[\/post_page_title]
\nWe don’t know if this mutt’s name is actually Smokey, but it would be pretty ironic. This dog is caught in the fumes of Indian coal mines. Who knows the damage that’s going to cause to his insides.
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\n[post_page_title]Ring Around the Tortoise[\/post_page_title]
\nThis is a really upsetting photo that shows the need to cut up and dispose of plastic rings properly. This tortoise must have caught one around him at a young age and has grown deformed as a result.
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\n[post_page_title]Sea of Garbage[\/post_page_title]
\nThis shows you just how bad it\u2019s become nowadays. This area of the Pacific Ocean is literally a sea of trash. Looking at it undisturbed you\u2019d never know there was vast blue ocean underneath.
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\n[post_page_title]Disgusting Maze[\/post_page_title]
\nCheck out this little kid in the Philippines, having to negotiate a maze of trash in the rivers and waterways of his town. Imagine how much nicer and healthier this water would be if the trash had been recycled.
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\n[post_page_title]China on Code Red[\/post_page_title]
\nChina is an emerging world Superpower, but that doesn’t make them perfect. Their pollution levels are so severe that they’ve become unsafe. People often have to wear masks like the woman depicted.
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\n[post_page_title]Polluted Games[\/post_page_title]
\nYou might remember the recent Olympic Games in Rio and the controversy surrounding pollution. Many of the Brazilian waterways are contaminated, and there was a genuine concern for athlete safety.
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\n[post_page_title]Six Pack = Hourglass[\/post_page_title]
\nThe terms six pack and hourglass sound great, but not when they apply to amphibians! This is another tortoise displaying the damaging after effects of being caught in a plastic ring.
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\n[post_page_title]Death By Garbage[\/post_page_title]
\nWell, this is just disgusting. This bird seems to have ingested so much garbage that it has died as a result. We really need to keep a better eye on our beaches and islands to make sure they stay clean.
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\n[post_page_title]Bottle City[\/post_page_title]
\nThe sad thing about this photo is that it hasn’t been doctored. That really is what looks like a city of bottles! We\u2019re sure there is or once was water under there somewhere, and that’s an alarming thought.
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\n[post_page_title]Oil Pelican[\/post_page_title]
\nAnd this, guys, is the reality of pollution these days. It\u2019s not just rivers and oceans affected; it\u2019s the animals as well. This once majestic brown pelican becomes the latest victim of a catastrophic oil spill.
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\n[post_page_title]Mount Ever-trash[\/post_page_title]
\nIt\u2019s a shame that something as terrifyingly grand and beautiful as Mount Everest can’t be kept tidy. Look how much this rubbish really ruins and affects the landscape around it. Such a pity.
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\n[post_page_title]Fate Seal-ed[\/post_page_title]
\nYou might think it\u2019s just fish and birds affected, but it\u2019s all the animals. This seal has her nose trapped in some kind of beaker. This is an emergency for her because if she can’t get it off she’s going to die.
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\n[post_page_title]Plastic Stork![\/post_page_title]
\nFunnily enough, this isn’t a new fashion cultivated by storks. This is actually a beautiful, elegant bird trapped inside a used plastic bag. Make sure you recycle plastic as much as possible to prevent this.
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\n[post_page_title]Bag it Up[\/post_page_title]
\nSpeaking of plastic bags, do you know how many we waste each year? Hundreds of millions as this polluted waterway shows. This girl has the right idea\u2019 bank plastic bags, or at the very least reuse them.
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\n[post_page_title]River Runs Brown[\/post_page_title]
\nThe most disgusting and disturbing thing about this picture is that people probably swim in here. Look at the color of the \u201cliquid\u201d that’s pumping into the river. God knows how many germs are in there.
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\n[post_page_title]Deforestation[\/post_page_title]
\nWelcome to the effects of deforestation. This cute little koala mourns the loss of his home by Australian loggers. They\u2019ve literally torn everything down, and look how ugly the place looks now.
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\n[post_page_title]Oil Spill[\/post_page_title]
\nLook at how shocked and worried this little guy looks. We have no idea what color this bird is naturally, but we\u2019re pretty sure it\u2019s not tar black! This is the reality of oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico.
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\n[post_page_title]Ditch of Debris[\/post_page_title]
\nYou\u2019d be forgiven for thinking this photo was taken on the set of a horror movie. Soberingly, it\u2019s actual a real photo, of a real place. This has sort of an eerie appearance because of the trees.
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\n[post_page_title]Sea of Blue\u2026 And Black[\/post_page_title]
\nOddly this picture actually looks really beautiful, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good thing. Here we see the deep blue oceans of the world and how they’ve been polluted by oil spills.
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\n[post_page_title]Bird of Disguise[\/post_page_title]
\nSadly, this bird isn’t intentionally trying to disguise itself. This is actually a young bird fighting a losing battle in the oil of the Louisiana coastline. You\u2019d barely know there was a living creature under there.
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\n[post_page_title]It\u2019s a Full-Time Job[\/post_page_title]
\nAs you might imagine, keeping the waterways of the world clear is a full-time job these days. Sure, there are clean-up crews, but just think how much work they have to put in every single day.
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\n[post_page_title]Hawaiian Beach[\/post_page_title]
\nWell, this is the measure of many of the beaches we have to endure today. Get a load of this shark carcass on a Hawaiian beach drowning in a mountain of plastic and rubbish. A good allegory for our society.
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\n[post_page_title]Rubbish Waves[\/post_page_title]
\nAnd we don’t mean rubbish as in not good. Check out the amount of garbage caught up in the waves this guy is surfing. When we have to come in such close contact, it might remind us how gross it is.
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\n[post_page_title]Great Lakes Garbage[\/post_page_title]
\nWe\u2019re pretty sure that at some point there used to be sand under here or at least grass! Now it\u2019s just garbage as far and as wide as the eye can see. Way to go, guys. Way to ruin natural beauty!
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\n[post_page_title]Beach of Death[\/post_page_title]
\nWe think that little creature on the ground covered in oil was meant to be a turtle of some kind. You can get a feel for the state of this place by the fact that the guys are wearing face masks.
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\n[post_page_title]Garbage Hill[\/post_page_title]
\nAs shocking pictures go, this one has got to be up there. This is a hill of garbage in Beirut with a guy scaling it. We\u2019re not quite sure what he\u2019s after, but we certainly wouldn’t like to switch places with him!
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\n[post_page_title]Garrotting[\/post_page_title]
\nHow distressing is this picture? This majestic seal looks in a world of pain as he grapples with the plastic stuck around his neck. There’s already a wound, and this seal will most likely die as a result.
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\n[post_page_title]Dead Fish[\/post_page_title]
\nYet another example of the polluted waters that infest Rio De Janeiro. Look at all these fish lying dead in the polluted water. That’s an ecosystem wiped out, and it can destroy the livelihood of fishermen.
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\n[post_page_title]Water Not For Drinking[\/post_page_title]
\nIt\u2019s easy to take a lot of things in our lives for granted, like running water. We forget how lucky we are when in some countries in the world some people have to drink polluted water, like this kid.
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\n[post_page_title]Hong Kong[\/post_page_title]
\nHong Kong is one of the most polluted places on the planet. And this is an indicator of just how bad it\u2019s become. Citizens pose for pictures in front of a fake version of their ideal Hong Kong skyline. It\u2019s tragic and sad.
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\n[post_page_title]Wading Through Waste[\/post_page_title]
\nNobody should ever be in a position where they have to wade through rivers of polluted garbage. But it seems like an everyday occurrence for these poor citizens and their children. That’s just disgusting.
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\n[post_page_title]A Glimpse of the Future?[\/post_page_title]
\nThis is a coastline made up entirely from rubbish and litter. It\u2019s thought that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. This is a pretty alarming fact, built it\u2019s not on late to change things!
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\n[post_page_title]Tree Falling[\/post_page_title]
\nHow much longer will we actually have rainforests or even forests for that matter? This is a picture of aggressive deforestation in the Central African Republic. It might not be too long before we start to run out of trees!
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\n[post_page_title]Blowing in the Wind[\/post_page_title]
\n[post_page_title]Blowing in the Wind[\/post_page_title]
\nIt\u2019s not just out beaches and oceans that feel the brunt of trash and pollution you know?! This picture could have been taken on the outskirts of a city, but it just goes to show that not even the green sprawling hills are safe.
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\n[post_page_title]Don’t Go Swimming[\/post_page_title]
\nHeart-breaking isn’t it? This young boy is forced to swim in disgusting polluted ocean water. He spends his days hunting for recyclable plastics to sell and raise a paltry 35 cents per kilo for his family.
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\n[post_page_title]The Green, Green Grass of Home[\/post_page_title]
\nThis is the sort of sight we should probably be getting a bit more used to. It\u2019s probably an idyllic and picture perfect environment and location. But, now it\u2019s covered in a blanket of plastic bottles.
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\n[post_page_title]Kern River Oil Field[\/post_page_title]
\nWhat a scary picture this is. It shows the extent to which the Western world craves and relies on oil. Kern River has been exploited again and again, and we can get a feel for just how far and wide the pollution runs.
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\n[post_page_title]Mexico-No![\/post_page_title]
\nMexico City is thought to be one of the most polluted cities on Earth, if not the most. Just from this picture, you can see how much pollution hangs over the city like a cloud of smoke and smog. We wouldn’t like to live here.
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\n[post_page_title]Waste Deep![\/post_page_title]
\nWe shudder to think the amount of health implications this young boy is going to face. He\u2019s waist deep in one of the thoroughly unpleasant and polluted stretches of the North Pacific.
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\n[post_page_title]Black Water[\/post_page_title]
\nWhat’s scary is the fact that mining can do this much damage to water very quickly. China’s water sources are feeling the brunt of this with unsafe and contaminated water killing wildlife and animals.
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\n[post_page_title]Another Oil Catastrophe[\/post_page_title]
\nThis is not a model of a bird, although it resembles one! It\u2019s actually yet another example of nature taking a kick in the nuts from careless oil spills. We really hope this bird will get care and attention in time.
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\n[post_page_title]Dye-ing River[\/post_page_title]
\nNo, this isn’t a river of blood, but it is a river polluted by dye from illegal Chinese workshops. We really hope this girl isn’t actually thinking about drinking from that bottle she’s filling up.
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\n[post_page_title]Plastic Wonder[\/post_page_title]
\nWhat a sorry sight this is. One of the great Wonders of the World, the Great Wall of China, polluted by countless years of neglect, pollution and fly-tipping. There are just no words.
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\n[post_page_title]Electric Landscape[\/post_page_title]
\nWell, this is such a sad and damning indictment on our society. This mountain of technological waste is a monster. Think how many schools could be equipped with the computers that have been thrown out here.
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\n[post_page_title]Seas of Green[\/post_page_title]
\nBelieve it or not, this boy hasn’t been trapped inside a giant lettuce or broccoli floret. He’s actually swimming in water so dirty it’s almost entirely covered in algae. This is yet another of the pollution problems in China.
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\n[post_page_title]Air Pollution[\/post_page_title]
\nDon’t think it\u2019s just the oceans and lands that are being affected by this pollution. Air pollution is also an increasing problem. Just check out the polluted airways here in certain areas of the U.S.
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\n[post_page_title]Global Warming[\/post_page_title]
\nA photograph with a complex and important message. Global warming is a problem that we all have to contend with, and it is no myth. We can’t just turn a blind eye to this as it will destroy our world.
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\n[post_page_title]London Calling[\/post_page_title]
\nIt\u2019s easy to assume that pollution is simply a problem in developing nations, but this proves otherwise. The London skyline is barely recognizable against the smog. This is one of the drawbacks to industry.
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\n[post_page_title]Deadly Swim[\/post_page_title]
\nThis has got to rank among the most disturbing pollution photos. This young Indian boy is having to swim more than neck deep in some of the most polluted water we’ve ever seen. We hope he\u2019s okay!
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