Heavily polluted outskirts of Uzhgorod

Garbage left in a bush by the river Uzh in the village of Kamianytsia

Fresh grass - fresh garbage: a walk on the dirty bank of the river Uzh, in the village of Kamianytsia

Rivers transport tons of waste from hill villages - Latorytsia river, near the train station of Karpaty

Trash by Nevytskyi Castle

Preparations in the Greek Catholic cathedral in Uzhghorod before the “green sermon” that call for responsible treatment of environment and waste disposal

The Bishop of the Greek Catholic cathedral in Uzhghorod, who is also involved in the fight against the burning problem of illegal waste disposal in the region. He says that "we do not have financial assets, but we have the means of moral influence"

The Greek Catholic Church is drawing people's attention to environmental brochures as part of its cooperation with the EU-funded Waste Management project

Ecological education is a very important task for the future

Ecological education is a very important task for the future

Ecological education is a very important task for the future

Ecological education is a very important task for the future

Eduard Osiyskiy, head of the Zakarpattia water administration ,who consulted children for the Plastic Treasures contest. "Now the kids teach their parents," he says

A crane drawing out bottles from the Latorytsia river, near Tchop

The "garbage catch" of the net, installed across the Latorytsia river, near the border town of Tchop illustrates the scale of man-made disaster: a couple of days are enough and it is full with plastic bottles

Workers sorting out wood and bottles, caught in the net, which was installed across of the river Latorytsia, near Tchop

Olha Smetaniuk, the head of the village Kostylivkar, who received the grant for installing containers