Weak waste management leaves Dhaka communities at risk from landfill sites

Mongabay
Sep 2, 2022, 10:40 am199 pts
DHAKA — Muzammel Hoque, 40, lives in the village of Konda, near the largest landfill that services the city of Dhaka, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) away. “The landfill has destroyed the rich wetland biodiversity and cropland on which people’s livelihood depended,” he said, adding that “many villagers…

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