disgusting

living on a landfill

by deputydog ⋅ 30 / 01 / 2008 ⋅ post a comment

welcome to irisan, a barangay (village) in baguio city, the philippines’ ’summer city’. there are around 125 barangays in bagiuo city and the majority of the the rubbish/waste they all produce lands at this landfill site which has developed into an enormous, presumably horrific smelling mountain, nestled amongst the housing you see above. if you look closely you can see some locals milling around at the top, most probably earning their living from the surroundings.

below is the area on google maps. the direct link is here.

seeing this reminded me of hiriya in israel….


photo: meron c

the photo above isn’t of a beautiful natural land formation, it’s the hiriya waste dump from a distance: a landfill so large that planes approaching nearby ben gurion airport were, until the site was closed a decade ago, known to run into trouble due to the high concentration of swarming birds attracted to the smell.

sources: 1, 2

discussion

5 comments for “living on a landfill”

  1. I think it is about time the world recycled alot more, where I live in the UK very little gets recycled.
    Regards.

    posted by jsanderz | 31st of January, 2008, 4:56 am

  2. that city must be stinking a lot .. anyways its very informative. Keep up the good work.

    Cheers :)

    posted by Jaspal | 31st of January, 2008, 7:46 am

  3. recycling takes a ridiculous amount of energy.

    which is self-defeating.

    posted by brad | 1st of February, 2008, 8:02 am

  4. Recycling consumes less energy than processing raw materials, it conserves raw materials, it reduces harmful emissions and recycling reduces the volume of trash sent to landfill.

    There is nothing self-defeating about that. Do your research first.

    posted by wellwood | 1st of February, 2008, 1:47 pm

  5. Don’t they have recycling units in Philippines.Is there no prevention to dump near the residential area?

    posted by Saim Baig | 15th of February, 2008, 2:22 pm


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