The Dandora Landfill in Nairobi, Kenya by Donwilson Odhiambo / SOPA Images
Dandora is a slum in Nairobi Kenya that was founded in 1977. Inside the Dandora slum lays one of the biggest and most well-known Dandora landfill. The 30-acre site with an estimated 850 solid waste generating from all over Nairobi was founded in 1975. Every minute waste pickers at the site offload wastes from the different trucks arriving at the site. The waste pickers who are also residents from different parts of the Dandora slums depend on the landfill as a source of income through recycling of waste materials such as plastic waste, glass bottles, and mental products. The burning of wastes at the site leads to climate emission that affects most residents living in the area.
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