Jul
26

Mumbai Is Overflowing with Garbage

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Boys play as cows graze through garbage at the Deonar landfill site in Mumbai. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/BloombergBoys play as cows graze through garbage at the Deonar landfill site in Mumbai. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg

Which global city uses prime real estate nearly the size of New York’s Central Park simply to dump trash on?

Mumbai.

The land-starved peninsula currently discards 11,000 metric tons of refuse every day in three dump yards that together occupy more than 740 acres. At going market rates, that land would be worth as much as $4.4 billion if it were sold and used for housing. Meanwhile, 6.5 million people, or half of Mumbai’s population, live in slums without basic sanitation and safe drinking water…

Mumbai Is Overflowing with Garbage

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