Planet Garbage Dump

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What other animals drown in their garbage?

[Prepared by FIRE-EARTH Science Team.]

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Background:

• At least 16 killed as rubbish mountain collapses in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A section of the Meethotamulla garbage mountain in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo has collapsed destroying more than 100 houses killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens of others.
  https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0415/867910-sri-lanka-garbage/

• More than 100 people were killed in the collapse of a mountain on trash at a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, the state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate reported. Days after the disaster, relatives still waited for news of others said to be missing.  http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/ethiopia-garbage-dump-collapse/

• The Payatas landslide was a garbage dump collapse at Payatas, Quezon City, Philippines, on July 10, 2000, that officially killed 218 people and left thousands of people homeless. A large pile of garbage first collapsed and then went up in flames which resulted in the destruction of about 100 squatters’ houses.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payatas_landslide

• India’s Plague, Trash, Drowns Its Garden City During Strike
  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/world/asia/indias-plague-trash-drowns-bangalore-its-garden-city.html

• Delhi may drown in its own waste
  http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/delhi-may-drown-in-its-own-waste/story-4fNLlXyv1WyGsuOIu0F4LO.html

• Why Hong Kong is Drowning in its Own Waste with No Buoy in Sight
  http://www.thecultureist.com/2013/07/09/hong-kong-waste-problems/

• Lebanon’s drowning in its own waste!
  https://www.greenprophet.com/2015/08/lebanons-drowning-in-its-own-waste/

• Naples: The Triangle of Death – Naples and parts of Campania region were dubbed “the triangle of death” by British medical journal Lancet Oncology because of the high levels of waste-related carcinogens (cancer-causing toxins) that have polluted air, soil and water. https://feww.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/naples-the-triangle-of-death/

• Smokey Mountain: A large landfill located in Tondo, Manila, consisting of over two million metric tons of waste. “The flammable substances on decomposing waste led to numerous fires which has resulted in many deaths.”  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Mountain

• Partenope: Naples Garbage Opera                                                                  https://feww.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/naples-garbage-opera-act-ii/

 

Deadly Floods Affect Hundreds of Thousands in Sri Lanka

Hundreds of families feared buried by landslides in Sri Lanka, dozens confirmed dead

Extreme rain events have triggered large-scale landslides burying several villages in Kegalle District, about 70 kilometers (45 miles) north of the capital, Colombo.

• At least 200,000 people have lost their homes.
• Up to 60 people were confirmed dead, as of posting.
• Hundreds of families are missing, feared buried by landslides.
• More than a dozen people were killed by lightning strikes.
• At least 19 of the country’s 25 districts have experienced flash flooding.
• Severe flooding reported in several cities including Colombo.