Expert raises red flags on annual 'disaster' in crucial waterway: 'It is a big catastrophe'

Expert raises red flags on annual 'disaster' in crucial waterway: 'It is a big catastrophe'

Accumulating waste clogs a river in Europe every winter, and an expert is concerned about its impact on the aquatic ecosystem. What's happening?  In the summer, the Drina River in Visegrad, Bosnia, is a long, stunningly green waterway. In the winter, it overflows with trash.  As the rainy season sets in, the rivers that flow into the Drina begin to rise. Those waters carry illegally dumped trash from Bosnia, as well as from Serbia and Montenegro…