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  • Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
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    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Fogarizzu / Rex Features (1834888j)
    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items
    Rubbish Robots: Mechanical Sculptures From Discarded Items
    It looks like the rise of a mini robot army, in fact these are amazing mechanical sculptures made from discarded items.

    The works were created by artist Andrea Petrachi AKA Himatic, who takes old broken electronics, used toys and recycled materials and fashions them into robot-like figures.

    Highlights include a sculpture fashioned from headphones with a doll's head, several made from cameras and an insect with an electric shaver as a body.

    Andrea, 37, from Milan, explains: "I take discarded items, break them into pieces, and, just like solving some puzzle, reassemble them as cool retro-futuristic mechanical sculptures."

    The artist says he started disassembling things from a very young age and never grew out of it.

    Materials he has used include camera lenses, microscopes, VCR Heads, audio connectors, lamp sockets and swimming goggles.

    "My works reflect an interest in the rejects of consumerism and the creatures come from the desire to comment on our out-of-control desire to buy more and more things," says Andrea. "Breathing life into these old objects gives forgotten items a second life."

    Calling himself a sculptor in the digital age Andrea says he finds inspiration in old sci-fi movie, comics, music and anime.

    MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY: Giuseppe Fogarizzu/Rex Features


    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IJBNOCUQL (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
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    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Fogarizzu / Rex Features (1834888i)
    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items
    Rubbish Robots: Mechanical Sculptures From Discarded Items
    It looks like the rise of a mini robot army, in fact these are amazing mechanical sculptures made from discarded items.

    The works were created by artist Andrea Petrachi AKA Himatic, who takes old broken electronics, used toys and recycled materials and fashions them into robot-like figures.

    Highlights include a sculpture fashioned from headphones with a doll's head, several made from cameras and an insect with an electric shaver as a body.

    Andrea, 37, from Milan, explains: "I take discarded items, break them into pieces, and, just like solving some puzzle, reassemble them as cool retro-futuristic mechanical sculptures."

    The artist says he started disassembling things from a very young age and never grew out of it.

    Materials he has used include camera lenses, microscopes, VCR Heads, audio connectors, lamp sockets and swimming goggles.

    "My works reflect an interest in the rejects of consumerism and the creatures come from the desire to comment on our out-of-control desire to buy more and more things," says Andrea. "Breathing life into these old objects gives forgotten items a second life."

    Calling himself a sculptor in the digital age Andrea says he finds inspiration in old sci-fi movie, comics, music and anime.

    MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY: Giuseppe Fogarizzu/Rex Features


    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IJBNOCUQL (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
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    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Fogarizzu / Rex Features (1834888g)
    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items
    Rubbish Robots: Mechanical Sculptures From Discarded Items
    It looks like the rise of a mini robot army, in fact these are amazing mechanical sculptures made from discarded items.

    The works were created by artist Andrea Petrachi AKA Himatic, who takes old broken electronics, used toys and recycled materials and fashions them into robot-like figures.

    Highlights include a sculpture fashioned from headphones with a doll's head, several made from cameras and an insect with an electric shaver as a body.

    Andrea, 37, from Milan, explains: "I take discarded items, break them into pieces, and, just like solving some puzzle, reassemble them as cool retro-futuristic mechanical sculptures."

    The artist says he started disassembling things from a very young age and never grew out of it.

    Materials he has used include camera lenses, microscopes, VCR Heads, audio connectors, lamp sockets and swimming goggles.

    "My works reflect an interest in the rejects of consumerism and the creatures come from the desire to comment on our out-of-control desire to buy more and more things," says Andrea. "Breathing life into these old objects gives forgotten items a second life."

    Calling himself a sculptor in the digital age Andrea says he finds inspiration in old sci-fi movie, comics, music and anime.

    MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY: Giuseppe Fogarizzu/Rex Features


    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IJBNOCUQL (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
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    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Fogarizzu / Rex Features (1834888f)
    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items
    Rubbish Robots: Mechanical Sculptures From Discarded Items
    It looks like the rise of a mini robot army, in fact these are amazing mechanical sculptures made from discarded items.

    The works were created by artist Andrea Petrachi AKA Himatic, who takes old broken electronics, used toys and recycled materials and fashions them into robot-like figures.

    Highlights include a sculpture fashioned from headphones with a doll's head, several made from cameras and an insect with an electric shaver as a body.

    Andrea, 37, from Milan, explains: "I take discarded items, break them into pieces, and, just like solving some puzzle, reassemble them as cool retro-futuristic mechanical sculptures."

    The artist says he started disassembling things from a very young age and never grew out of it.

    Materials he has used include camera lenses, microscopes, VCR Heads, audio connectors, lamp sockets and swimming goggles.

    "My works reflect an interest in the rejects of consumerism and the creatures come from the desire to comment on our out-of-control desire to buy more and more things," says Andrea. "Breathing life into these old objects gives forgotten items a second life."

    Calling himself a sculptor in the digital age Andrea says he finds inspiration in old sci-fi movie, comics, music and anime.

    MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY: Giuseppe Fogarizzu/Rex Features


    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IJBNOCUQL (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
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    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Fogarizzu / Rex Features (1834888c)
    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items
    Rubbish Robots: Mechanical Sculptures From Discarded Items
    It looks like the rise of a mini robot army, in fact these are amazing mechanical sculptures made from discarded items.

    The works were created by artist Andrea Petrachi AKA Himatic, who takes old broken electronics, used toys and recycled materials and fashions them into robot-like figures.

    Highlights include a sculpture fashioned from headphones with a doll's head, several made from cameras and an insect with an electric shaver as a body.

    Andrea, 37, from Milan, explains: "I take discarded items, break them into pieces, and, just like solving some puzzle, reassemble them as cool retro-futuristic mechanical sculptures."

    The artist says he started disassembling things from a very young age and never grew out of it.

    Materials he has used include camera lenses, microscopes, VCR Heads, audio connectors, lamp sockets and swimming goggles.

    "My works reflect an interest in the rejects of consumerism and the creatures come from the desire to comment on our out-of-control desire to buy more and more things," says Andrea. "Breathing life into these old objects gives forgotten items a second life."

    Calling himself a sculptor in the digital age Andrea says he finds inspiration in old sci-fi movie, comics, music and anime.

    MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY: Giuseppe Fogarizzu/Rex Features


    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IJBNOCUQL (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
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    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Fogarizzu / Rex Features (1834888h)
    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items
    Rubbish Robots: Mechanical Sculptures From Discarded Items
    It looks like the rise of a mini robot army, in fact these are amazing mechanical sculptures made from discarded items.

    The works were created by artist Andrea Petrachi AKA Himatic, who takes old broken electronics, used toys and recycled materials and fashions them into robot-like figures.

    Highlights include a sculpture fashioned from headphones with a doll's head, several made from cameras and an insect with an electric shaver as a body.

    Andrea, 37, from Milan, explains: "I take discarded items, break them into pieces, and, just like solving some puzzle, reassemble them as cool retro-futuristic mechanical sculptures."

    The artist says he started disassembling things from a very young age and never grew out of it.

    Materials he has used include camera lenses, microscopes, VCR Heads, audio connectors, lamp sockets and swimming goggles.

    "My works reflect an interest in the rejects of consumerism and the creatures come from the desire to comment on our out-of-control desire to buy more and more things," says Andrea. "Breathing life into these old objects gives forgotten items a second life."

    Calling himself a sculptor in the digital age Andrea says he finds inspiration in old sci-fi movie, comics, music and anime.

    MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY: Giuseppe Fogarizzu/Rex Features


    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IJBNOCUQL (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
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    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Fogarizzu / Rex Features (1834888d)
    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items
    Rubbish Robots: Mechanical Sculptures From Discarded Items
    It looks like the rise of a mini robot army, in fact these are amazing mechanical sculptures made from discarded items.

    The works were created by artist Andrea Petrachi AKA Himatic, who takes old broken electronics, used toys and recycled materials and fashions them into robot-like figures.

    Highlights include a sculpture fashioned from headphones with a doll's head, several made from cameras and an insect with an electric shaver as a body.

    Andrea, 37, from Milan, explains: "I take discarded items, break them into pieces, and, just like solving some puzzle, reassemble them as cool retro-futuristic mechanical sculptures."

    The artist says he started disassembling things from a very young age and never grew out of it.

    Materials he has used include camera lenses, microscopes, VCR Heads, audio connectors, lamp sockets and swimming goggles.

    "My works reflect an interest in the rejects of consumerism and the creatures come from the desire to comment on our out-of-control desire to buy more and more things," says Andrea. "Breathing life into these old objects gives forgotten items a second life."

    Calling himself a sculptor in the digital age Andrea says he finds inspiration in old sci-fi movie, comics, music and anime.

    MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY: Giuseppe Fogarizzu/Rex Features


    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IJBNOCUQL (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
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    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Fogarizzu / Rex Features (1834888e)
    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items
    Rubbish Robots: Mechanical Sculptures From Discarded Items
    It looks like the rise of a mini robot army, in fact these are amazing mechanical sculptures made from discarded items.

    The works were created by artist Andrea Petrachi AKA Himatic, who takes old broken electronics, used toys and recycled materials and fashions them into robot-like figures.

    Highlights include a sculpture fashioned from headphones with a doll's head, several made from cameras and an insect with an electric shaver as a body.

    Andrea, 37, from Milan, explains: "I take discarded items, break them into pieces, and, just like solving some puzzle, reassemble them as cool retro-futuristic mechanical sculptures."

    The artist says he started disassembling things from a very young age and never grew out of it.

    Materials he has used include camera lenses, microscopes, VCR Heads, audio connectors, lamp sockets and swimming goggles.

    "My works reflect an interest in the rejects of consumerism and the creatures come from the desire to comment on our out-of-control desire to buy more and more things," says Andrea. "Breathing life into these old objects gives forgotten items a second life."

    Calling himself a sculptor in the digital age Andrea says he finds inspiration in old sci-fi movie, comics, music and anime.

    MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY: Giuseppe Fogarizzu/Rex Features


    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IJBNOCUQL (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
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    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Fogarizzu / Rex Features (1834888b)
    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items
    Rubbish Robots: Mechanical Sculptures From Discarded Items
    It looks like the rise of a mini robot army, in fact these are amazing mechanical sculptures made from discarded items.

    The works were created by artist Andrea Petrachi AKA Himatic, who takes old broken electronics, used toys and recycled materials and fashions them into robot-like figures.

    Highlights include a sculpture fashioned from headphones with a doll's head, several made from cameras and an insect with an electric shaver as a body.

    Andrea, 37, from Milan, explains: "I take discarded items, break them into pieces, and, just like solving some puzzle, reassemble them as cool retro-futuristic mechanical sculptures."

    The artist says he started disassembling things from a very young age and never grew out of it.

    Materials he has used include camera lenses, microscopes, VCR Heads, audio connectors, lamp sockets and swimming goggles.

    "My works reflect an interest in the rejects of consumerism and the creatures come from the desire to comment on our out-of-control desire to buy more and more things," says Andrea. "Breathing life into these old objects gives forgotten items a second life."

    Calling himself a sculptor in the digital age Andrea says he finds inspiration in old sci-fi movie, comics, music and anime.

    MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY: Giuseppe Fogarizzu/Rex Features


    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IJBNOCUQL (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
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    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items, Milan, Italy - 30 Aug 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Fogarizzu / Rex Features (1834888a)
    Mechanical sculptures from discarded items
    Rubbish Robots: Mechanical Sculptures From Discarded Items
    It looks like the rise of a mini robot army, in fact these are amazing mechanical sculptures made from discarded items.

    The works were created by artist Andrea Petrachi AKA Himatic, who takes old broken electronics, used toys and recycled materials and fashions them into robot-like figures.

    Highlights include a sculpture fashioned from headphones with a doll's head, several made from cameras and an insect with an electric shaver as a body.

    Andrea, 37, from Milan, explains: "I take discarded items, break them into pieces, and, just like solving some puzzle, reassemble them as cool retro-futuristic mechanical sculptures."

    The artist says he started disassembling things from a very young age and never grew out of it.

    Materials he has used include camera lenses, microscopes, VCR Heads, audio connectors, lamp sockets and swimming goggles.

    "My works reflect an interest in the rejects of consumerism and the creatures come from the desire to comment on our out-of-control desire to buy more and more things," says Andrea. "Breathing life into these old objects gives forgotten items a second life."

    Calling himself a sculptor in the digital age Andrea says he finds inspiration in old sci-fi movie, comics, music and anime.

    MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY: Giuseppe Fogarizzu/Rex Features


    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IJBNOCUQL (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Philip Dunn / Rex Features ( 1357341p )
    Discarded lobster pots outside a fisherman's house, on the waterfront at Ravenglass, Cumbria, England, Britain
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    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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    Ground contamination in a village on the Delhi border, India, August 2006. The environmental implications of e-waste recycling are severe contamination of the workplace and surrounding area by a number of toxic metals and persistent organic compounds. Acidification of watercourses and sediments from waste acid makes metals more mobile and therefore much more likely to cause damage to both humans and aquatic life. Waste produced at every stage of the e-waste dismantling process is contaminated with toxic metals.
    India has become one of the world's largest dumping grounds for electronic waste, known as e-waste. Thousands of tons are sent illegally each year from western countries including the UK for recycling. It is dismantled by hand, unwanted parts are then dumped or sent to landfill where lethal toxins, such as lead, cadmium and mercury contaminate the environment.

    © Sophie Gerrard / eyevine

    For further information please contact eyevine
    tel: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
    e-mail: info@eyevine.com
    www.eyevine.com (FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)

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    Kurla Mumbai, India, July 2006. A young boy works in a scrap yard in Mumbai. Thousands of men, women and children work in the unregulated backyard e-waste recycling units all over India. In Delhi alone over 10,000 people are employed in recycling activites. Most are unaware of the health implications of handling such toxic materials. They wear no protection againts the harmful chemicals and heavy metals present in fumes and workshop dust.
    India has become one of the world's largest dumping grounds for electronic waste, known as e-waste. Thousands of tons are sent illegally each year from western countries including the UK for recycling. It is dismantled by hand, unwanted parts are then dumped or sent to landfill where lethal toxins, such as lead, cadmium and mercury contaminate the environment.

    © Sophie Gerrard / eyevine

    For further information please contact eyevine
    tel: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
    e-mail: info@eyevine.com
    www.eyevine.com (FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)

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  • VARIOUS
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    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock / SplashdownDirect / Rex Features ( 1047724a )
    plastic rubbish discarded in a lagoon on Funafuti Tuvalu
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    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock / SplashdownDirect / Rex Features ( 1048435a )
    Tin cans discarded in the mountains of the Sinai desert near Dahab in Egypt. Temperatures have already risen by 0.7 degrees celcius in the last 100 years making an already hot and dry area even more so. This desert area is likely to spread across the Mediteranean basin turning areas on the Mediteraneans north shore more desert like and less suitable for agriculture.
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    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock / SplashdownDirect / Rex Features ( 1047759a )
    plastic rubbish discarded in a lagoon on Funafuti Tuvalu
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    Britain
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Londonstills.com / Rex Features ( 1167314cj )
    Newspapers discarded on the platform of Chancery Lane tube station, City of London, England, Britain
    Britain

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  • NEWS - Coronavirus: Einäscherung von Covid-19-Opfern, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, Indien
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    NEWS - Coronavirus: Einäscherung von Covid-19-Opfern, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, Indien
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sakib Ali/Hindustan Times/Shutterstock (11877108j)
    Used PPE kits discarded in the open at Hindon crematorium on April 26, 2021 in Ghaziabad, India. India has registered 2,762 new deaths and 319,315 new infections recording more than 300,000 daily Covid-19 cases for the fifth day in a row, reaching a new record peak.
    Cremation Of Covid-19 Victims, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India - 26 Apr 2021

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  • FEATURE - Pix of the Day: Bilder des Tages
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    FEATURE - Pix of the Day: Bilder des Tages
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Andrew McCaren/LNP/REX/Shutterstock (9722481b)
    British artist Mister Finch at the launch of his new exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. More than 75 individual soft sculptures showcase Finch?s masterful combination of up-cycled and new materials, from discarded wire, steel and wood, to vintage tapestries, cross stitch samplers, tablecloths, antique silverware and rescued cloth. The self-taught artist has drawn inspiration from British folklore, the historic Bretton Estate and Yorkshire wildlife to create his textile wonders. Finch?s Gothic fairytale centres around the story of The Wish Post, a magical kingdom of woodland animals whose job it is to collect and sort other creatures? wishes, which are breathed into envelopes and posted in toadstool postboxes.
    Mister Finch Exhibition launch, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK - 20 Jun 2018

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    Pope Leo XIV Regina Caeli Prayer
    A torn and discarded copy of 'L'Osservatore Romano' with a newly elected Pope Leo XIV on a front page, lays on a ground of Saint Peter's Square after people attended Regina Caeli prayer and Urbi et Orbi blessing on May 11, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto)

     

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    FEATURE - Geisternetze verschmutzen die Ozeane und bedrohen die Tiere
    CREDIT: Case Kassenberg/Rex Shutterstock. Only for use in this story. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Case Kassenberg/REX/Shutterstock (5658467z)
    A diving mission to remove 'ghost nets' from the wreck of the M/S Portugal in Greece
    Ghost Fishing mission to clear seas of discarded fishing gear, Greece - 16 Apr 2016
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/s99h
    VIDEO: https://vimeo.com/164125217

    These otherwordly images show divers combating the eco-scourge of 'ghost fishing' earlier this month (April).

    Ghost fishing is what fishing gear does when it has been lost, dumped or abandoned. Nets, long lines, fish traps or any man-made contraptions designed to catch fish or marine organisms are considered capable of ghost fishing when unattended, and without anyone profiting from the catches, they are affecting already depleted commercial fish stocks.

    Caught fish die and in turn attract scavengers which will get caught in that same net, thus creating a vicious circle.

    Scuba divers are also at danger from the issue, as they can get entangled in abandoned fishing gear.

    The Healthy Seas diving team of six divers, formed by Greek and Dutch volunteers, removed big ghost fishing nets on the Karystos Reef near Evia, Greece.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • FEATURE - Geisternetze verschmutzen die Ozeane und bedrohen die Tiere
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    FEATURE - Geisternetze verschmutzen die Ozeane und bedrohen die Tiere
    CREDIT: Case Kassenberg/Rex Shutterstock. Only for use in this story. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Case Kassenberg/REX/Shutterstock (5658467s)
    A discarded fishing net is lifted to the surface on a diving mission to remove 'ghost nets' from the wreck of the M/S Portugal in Greece
    Ghost Fishing mission to clear seas of discarded fishing gear, Greece - 16 Apr 2016
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/s99h
    VIDEO: https://vimeo.com/164125217

    These otherwordly images show divers combating the eco-scourge of 'ghost fishing' earlier this month (April).

    Ghost fishing is what fishing gear does when it has been lost, dumped or abandoned. Nets, long lines, fish traps or any man-made contraptions designed to catch fish or marine organisms are considered capable of ghost fishing when unattended, and without anyone profiting from the catches, they are affecting already depleted commercial fish stocks.

    Caught fish die and in turn attract scavengers which will get caught in that same net, thus creating a vicious circle.

    Scuba divers are also at danger from the issue, as they can get entangled in abandoned fishing gear.

    The Healthy Seas diving team of six divers, formed by Greek and Dutch volunteers, removed big ghost fishing nets on the Karystos Reef near Evia, Greece.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    (c) Dukas

     

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    Turkey Istanbul
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Eye Ubiquitous / Rex Features ( 1269337a )
    Sultanahmet. Meeting place on steps in front of The New Mosque or Yeni Camii from the Galata Bridge. Mixed crowd many eating sitting amongst discarded rubbish with minarets and dome of mosque behind. Turkey Turkish Istanbul Constantinople Stamboul Stambul City Europe European Asia Asian East West Urban Destination Travel Tourism Sultanahmet New Mosque Architecture People C rowd Steps Minaret Minarets Dome Cultural Cultures Destination Destinations Middle East Order Fellowship Guild Club Religion Religious South Eastern Europe Turkiye Western Asia
    Turkey Istanbul

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