NAURU DRINKS MESS
March 1st, 2004
Keith Nuthall
THE PACIFIC island of Nauru, already ecologically scarred by open cast mining of its guano reserves, has a new problem to content with: its shores are clogged with discarded cans of Fosters and Victoria Bitter. Independent state Palau's waste disposal systems are so poor, its coast is "blue green", not from the surrounding azure waters, but from "mounds of discarded Fosters and VB" says the United Nations Environment Programme.
THE PACIFIC island of Nauru, already ecologically scarred by open cast mining of its guano reserves, has a new problem to content with: its shores are clogged with discarded cans of Fosters and Victoria Bitter. Independent state Palau's waste disposal systems are so poor, its coast is "blue green", not from the surrounding azure waters, but from "mounds of discarded Fosters and VB" says the United Nations Environment Programme.
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