Former Hungarian President discusses Tisza River plastic waste problem in podcast
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On his Blue Planet (Kék bolygó) podcast streamed on Monday, János Áder, Hungary’s former president, discussed the issue of plastic waste on the Tisza river with independent filmmaker and environmental activist Dimitry Ljasuk.
Áder said that Hungarian-Ukrainian director Ljasuk was an advocate fighting against human neglect over the environment created by waste. His documentary In the Name of the River Tisza won main prize at the International Nature Film Festival in Gödöllő last year, Áder noted.
Ljasuk said he had witnessed the problem of plastic pollution on the Tisza first in 2018 when he was shooting his first film. He then decided to be an activist and organised a campaign which collected one and a half tonnes of plastic waste from the river with the involvement of 60 volunteers.