Dandora cleanup puts waste pickers at a crossroads as Nairobi overhauls garbage system
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Dandora cleanup puts waste pickers at a crossroads as Nairobi overhauls garbage system
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 12-For years, Simon Kuria has read Dandora dumpsite like a map. He knows where plastic bottles accumulate after a delivery, which trucks carry scrap metal worth following and which sections of the sprawling site offer the best chance of finding something he can sell. The work has kept him away from crime and helped feed his family. But it has never come with a contract, insurance or pay slip. So, when excavators arrived to re…
Yaoundé is awash in waste: 3,000 tons per day, entire neighborhoods invaded, worrying health risks. Where did the trash bins go? Mountains of garbage are invading the sidewalks of Biyem-Assi and Nsimeyong, garbage bins have disappeared from major roads, and residents are wondering: is the Cameroonian capital becoming an open-air trash can? In Yaoundé, thousands of tons of household waste have been accumulating for several weeks in the neighborho…
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