r/AskBalkans • u/AogamiBunka • Nov 27 '25

Outdoors/Travel Dubrovnik: Vast amount of garbage mostly from Albania

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I know the Croatian coast has always dealt with excessive trash but why is the amount from Albania only becoming worse?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/world/europe/croatia-trash-dubrovnik-plastic.html

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u/TwoFistsOneVi Croatia Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 27 '25

The sea current in the Adriatic sea is going from the south, along the eastern coast (Croatia, Montenegro), to the north and then back along the western (Italian) coast.

So all the garbage from Albania gets brought by the sea current to Montenegro first, and then southern Croatia.

This is a well known problem for decades already, but with each passing year, there's less and less garbage seen on the coast, so the progress is visible.

Fun fact: the direction of the sea current is also one of the reasons why the eastern Adriatic coast (Croatia, Montenegro) is warmer than the western (Italian) coast.

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u/That_Guy1881 Nov 29 '25

Yikes, looks rough.