Future of the Environment

This app is turning cleaning the planet into a game

Worker separates plastic bottles at a recycling depot in Panama City September 12, 2013. The National Association for the Conservation of Nature (ANCON) reports that the majority of Panama City's beaches and rivers are contaminated with plastic and general waste due to lack of awareness for waste management, causing major problems for fishermen and negative impact on mangroves and their wildlife. According to the Plastic Oceans Foundation, more plastic has been produced over the last ten years than over the whole of the last century. Picture taken September 12, 2013. REUTERS/ Carlos Jasso (PANAMA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) - GM1E99I1RKF01

Over one million pieces of trash have been collected and documented through the Literrati app. Image: REUTERS/ Carlos Jasso

Brian Spaen
Writer for Green Matters, Green Matters
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