POLLUTION BORDO PONIENTE More than 20 million

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POLLUTION

BORDO PONIENTE More than 20 million people of Mexico City's dumped close to 14, 000 tons of garbage into the 927 acre site each day.

ILLEGAL DUMP SITES, GARBAGE TRUCK QUEUES , TRASH

Landfill gas — a mixture of methane, carbon dioxide, and water vapor that produces a foul smell and contributes greatly to greenhouse gases. Solution - to harness the landfill gas into a form of biogas that could power up to 35, 000 homes. LANDFILL GAS IN MEXICO CITY

CHINA

THE WORLD'S LARGEST SOLID WASTE PRODUCER It generates trash at a rate twice as high as its population growth. Beijing's 20 million plus people produce more than 25, 000 tons of garbage a day, a number 4, 300 tons beyond what the city can process.

BURN TRASH FOR ENERGY, CONSTRUCTING HUNDREDS OF INCINERATORS INCINERATOR QUALITY IS LOW, IT RESULTS IN LARGE RELEASES OF HARMFUL POLLUTANTS LIKE DIOXIN AND MERCURY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE CHINESE GOVERNMENT’S EFFORTS TO COPE WITH TRASH

CAIRO

TRASH PICKERS IN CAIRO - collected garbage for a small fee - moved it to Manshiyat Nasser village - sorted trash into recyclable materials and sold it - non-recyclables were fed to the pigs - managed to recycle nearly 90 percent of all the garbage

GARBAGE IS HANGING OFF BALCONIES, STUFFING THE STREETS GARBAGE IS EVEN TOPPING ROOFS MANSHIYAT NASSER

- - - private trash-collecting companies are introduced in Cairo - new waste disposal methods - 2009 -slaughter of all the pigs in Egypt - with no pigs to consume nonrecyclables, Cairo's trash problem turned chaotic -the political and social upheaval in Egypt in 2011 - garbage collectors stopped receiving wages CAIRO AFTER 2003

1. 2. 3. 4. to reduce waste recycling disposal fees to make people buy less with their increased wealth, and to spend more on experiential activities that require fewer resources HOW TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION?

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