Bloody spit: Ghana waste dump poses health, environmental 'crisis'

Bloody spit: Ghana waste dump poses health, environmental 'crisis'

Thin plumes of black smoke curled from burning plastic and rubber, mingling with the rank odour of stagnant lagoon water. At Agbogbloshie, a district on the Korle Lagoon delta, thousands of tonnes of refuse have accumulated over decades, overwhelming the fragile wetlands overlooking a slum of around 80,000 residents, many of them migrants and traders. For scrap dealer James Hassan, a 31-year-old Liberian immigrant, it is both his home and liveli…

Ghana waste dump poses health, environmental 'crisis'

Ghana waste dump poses health, environmental 'crisis' Estelle.Bronkhorst Tue, 11/10/2026 - 08:30 Agbogbloshie in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, is a massive dump where refuse has accumulated over decades. AFP | Nipah Dennis ACCRA - An acrid haze hung over a sprawling dump in Ghana's capital, Accra, as excavators gouged into mounds of smouldering rubbish. Thin plumes of black smoke curled from burning plastic and rubber, mingling with the rank od…