#landfill

· 3w ago

#News: #Jakarta’s Bantar Gebang #landfill is overflowing! 🗑️🌋 10k tonnes of trash/day, 10k waste pickers live in squalor. Gov plans to close it by 2027, but without alternatives, the city could drown in waste #EndPlasticWaste #PlasticPollution @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/jul/13/jakarta-trash-garbage-rubbish-bantar-gebang-landfill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

‘The trash does not stop’: life among the garbage mountains of Jakarta, the world’s biggest city

the Guardian

‘The trash does not stop’: life among the garbage mountains of Jakarta, the world’s biggest city

Indonesia’s government is grappling with how to manage waste at Bantar Gebang – Jakarta’s largest landfill – which supports the livelihood of thousands of waste pickers

Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social

· 3mo ago

Health risk fears for storks in Europe over ‘junk food’ from landfill https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/08/health-risk-fears-for-storks-in-europe-over-junk-food-from-landfill #AnimalRights #Europe #environment #wildlife #birds #health #junkfood #landfill

the Guardian

Health risk fears for storks in Europe over ‘junk food’ from landfill

Rubbish dumps can expose birds to contaminants, raising questions over whether landfill foraging helps or harms

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