Waste Management

Manila

The Philippines - NEE - Southeast Asia

Waste in Manila

10% recycled or composted - 4/5 collected for landfill - rest is burnt or illegally dumped

Payatas Landfill site

Largest landfill site in Manila covering 200 hectares of land

Opening, changing and closure of Payatas Landfill site

Opened in 1973, reorganised into a controlled disposal facility in 2004, permanently closed in 2017

Payatas Landslide

Heavy rainfall caused the waste to collapse killing over 200 people

Current use of Payatas Landfill site

Currently being redeveloped into a bike park with cycle paths for the locals

People living around Payatas Landfill site

Over 80000 people live around Payatas with over 4000 waste pickers (as young as 5) all living in slums

Waste pickers health problems

Typhoid, hepatitis, cholera and other infectious diseases

Water quality surrounding Payatas

Those who live near Payatas suffer with contaminated water sources due to heavy metals, lubricants and solvents

Amsterdam

The Netherlands - HIC - Northwest Europe

Waste in Amsterdam

A lack of space and public objections forced the Dutch government to reduce their reliance on landfills

Landfill use in Amsterdam

A lack of physical space and the environmental deterioration forced change to how waste was managed - growing population and increasing material consumption lead to more waste

Objections to landfill sites in Amsterdam

Due to smell, soil pollution and groundwater contamination

Landfill taxes in Amsterdam

A tax on every tonne of material landfilled was introduced in 1995, encouraging waste processing companies to look for better methods - tax was increased every year until 2012

Landfill bans in Amsterdam

35 categories of waste were banned from being landfilled in 1995

AEB incineration plant

An incineration plant that produces 1 million MWh of electricity and 300000 gigajoules of heat annually from burning waste

Volume of waste passed through AEB incineration plant

1.4 million tonnes of waste is processed through the plant - 64% recycled

Environmental issues with the AEB incineration plant

Scrubbing flue gases to reduce their environmental impact - use other by-products in other industrial processes - whatever material is left becomes landfill