Hundreds of textile factories line the banks of Indonesia’s Citarum river in Java, and unchecked waste disposal has made it the most polluted waterway in the world. A documentary titled “The World’s ...

The Citarum River, one of Indonesia's most polluted waterways, is undergoing a transformative journey towards revitalization through an innovative "Living Lab" approach. A recent study led by Monash ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Citarum, in Indonesia, is choked with waste. Algi Febri Sugita/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa Wida Widiarti has spent her entire life near ...

The Citarum river in West Java is considered the dirtiest river in the world. Textile factories discharge tons of untreated toxic waste into the river every day. Local residents also treat the river ...

West Java is the heartland of Indonesian manufacturing, and industrial zones on the outskirts of the provincial capital city, Bandung, are, according to the Ministry of Industry Indonesia, responsible ...

A woman washes fish near the mouth of the Citarum river north-west of Muara Gembong, West Java province, February 22, 2018. They are among the 28 million people who depend on the river waters, which ...

Wida Widiarti has spent her entire life near the Citarum River on Indonesia’s main island of Java. That means she has witnessed first-hand how the river mutated from an important lifeline into a ...