Most definately in China. In China there are no such rules establish for throwing trash around. There are street sweepers who come each morning but are not very thorough. The citizens of China do not see littering as a problem, at least not their problem as an individual but the street sweepers problem. The photo is probably of an extreme situation and who knows, by one of the photos it looks like they are using the water to transport the plastic sort of like logging. China is growing too quickly and with the population and lack of laws to protect the environment and enforcement of those laws, this is what you get.