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KENYA: Dumpsite threatens health and environment

Saturday, November 15, 2008

The Dandora municipal waste site east of Nairobi continues to pose environmental and health risks even after a study recommended its closure, said...

ZIMBABWE: Hunting for good garbage to eat

Sunday, November 09, 2008

Desperate entrepreneurs are scouring rubbish dumps, abattoirs and poisoned waterways for scraps of food to eat or sell to other equally hungry...

CONGO: Disease rife amid capital’s rubbish chaos

IRIN

Sunday, December 02, 2007

The lack of municipal waste disposal services in the Republic of Congo’s capital has led to a proliferation of rubbish mountains that pose a serious...

Re: It’s rubbish, come on KMC!

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

I write to express my appreciation in the good work that your paper is doing. I was very impressed to read about the rampant dumping of waste...

LIBERIA: Uncontrolled trash greatest public health threat in Monrovia - UN

IRIN

Saturday, July 07, 2007

As mountains of garbage expand in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, the UN Environment Programme has called on the government and private sector to...