Asian Geographic - 09.2018

why?

Located in densely

populated areas

Inadequate waste

infrastructure

Inadequate

recycling

infrastructure

Low public

awareness that

plastic trash is

a problem

PAKISTAN INDIA VIETNAM

Indus River

3,610km

• One of Asia’s
  largest rivers


• Flows through parts
  of India and Pakistan
  into the Arabian Sea


• Also polluted by untreated
  municipal and industrial
  wastewater

Ganges River

2,525km

• India’s most
  sacred river


• Provides drinking
  water for more than
  400 million people


• Other types of waste:
  sewage, agricultural,
  industrial

Mekong River

4,350km

• Flows through
  six countries in
  Southeast Asia


• Serves about
  20 million people
  in the Mekong Delta


• The pollution comes
  from difused point
  sources, resulting in
  inger-pointing

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