River Danube polluted with waste plastic

Photo taken on March 22, 2015, shows the River Danube running through the Austrian capital of Vienna. Europe's second-longest river that flows into the Black Sea has been found to be polluted with plastic waste. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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