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Smelly, contaminated, full of disease: the world’s open dumps are growing [1]

Almost 40% of the world’s waste ends up in huge rubbish tips, mostly found near urban populations in poor countries, posing a serious threat to human health and the environment

Publication Date: 
06/10/2014
Guardian (UK) [2]
Tags:
Solid Waste [3], Global [4], Environment [5], Health Effects [6], Senegal [7], Africa [8], Ghana [9], India [10], Mumbai [11], Waste Disposal [12]

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