Environmental Woes of Tierra del Fuego -- Development

Children play in an Ushuaia yard, building dog houses with wind-blown cardboard and making guns from discarded plastic foam packing materials. Growing consumer culture is rapidly outpacing sanitation infrastructure projects in the towns of Tierra del Fuego. A sour national economy in Argentina means garbage disposal and littering laws are poorly enforced by a cash-starved regional government.

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Contained in galleries: 5. Development, Moments, Argentina

Children play in an Ushuaia yard, building dog houses with wind-blown cardboard and making guns from discarded plastic foam packing materials. Growing consumer culture is rapidly outpacing sanitation infrastructure projects in the towns of Tierra del Fuego. A sour national economy in Argentina means garbage disposal and littering laws are poorly enforced by a cash-starved regional government.