When conflicts end, they often leave behind landmines and other dangerous materials that continue to tear lives apart even when a war is long over. Across 70 countries, an estimated 100 million landmines remain unexploded, accounting for up to 2000 maiming and deaths every month. Clearing landmines is often dangerous work, but it’s work that must be accomplished, and Global Eyes is leading the way in developing the safest and most effective ways to rid the world of these devices that cause untold devastation upon countless lives.

While landmine removal is often the most visible example of hazardous material removal in developing nations, many of these countries also possess large stockpiles of chemical weapons, obsolete and dangerous pesticides, bio-waste, and improperly stored and managed fuel sources. These kinds of materials pose a threat to the health and safety of people everywhere and can also be used in the construction of so-called “dirty bombs” and other devices designed for mass destruction.