Thousands of news arrivals are pouring onto the islands daily, packed onto small rubber dinghies, traveling from wearing bright orange life jackets which are quickly discarded on the beach.* For many, This is their first entry point into Europe, before they hope to move on to more prosperous countries in the **rth and west of the continent
But some volunteers on the island of Lesbos have a **vel new approach to dealing with some of the waste by upcycling the rubber from the boats and the straps from the life vests into waterproof bags. Read more...