Waste pickers who work at the Dandora landfill in the capital, Nairobi, search for and collect plastics of all kinds and sell them to recycling plants. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has been warning that the landfill in Dandora could pose a serious health threat to those who work and live nearby since 2007. The landfill, the largest in Kenya, opened in 1975 and continues to expand beyond any control despite From a court ruling in 2021 requiring it to be closed within six months.
Waste pickers who work at the Dandora landfill in the capital, Nairobi, search for and collect plastics of all kinds and sell them to recycling plants. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has been warning that the landfill in Dandora could pose a serious health threat to those who work and live nearby since 2007. The landfill, the largest in Kenya, opened in 1975 and continues to expand beyond any control despite From a court ruling in 2021 requiring it to be closed within six months.
