Waste-besieged Easter Island slowly learns to recycle
Hanga Roa, Chile (AFP) Sept 10, 2016 -
Every Friday, a cargo plane loaded with three tonnes of waste cardboard takes off from wind-swept Easter Island, bound for the Chilean mainland thousands of miles away across the Pacific.
On the first Thursday of each month, it takes two tonnes of waste plastic for recycling; on the last, an equal load of aluminum.
With tourists drawn by the island's famous ancient statues churning out s ...
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