Ugandan Rubbish Dump Tragedy
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Uganda's waste crisis: 'My friend died in Kiteezi rubbish dump'
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Uganda 's biggest rubbish dump in Uganda 's capital, Kiteezi , collapsed last August killing 30 people.
Many eked out a living by washing and selling discarded items they found that still had value.
The city's residents and businesses generate an estimated 2,500 tonnes of waste every day , half of which ends up in dumping sites across the city.
Some argue that the collapse was inevitable because basic common sense was ignored.
Local authorities admit compensation money has been paid to those who lost their homes.
Ugandan authorities draft plans to turn organic waste into compost and reduce "unnecessary waste" coming into the city.
At the moment people pay one of the seven private waste firms operating in Kampala to collect their rubbish.
Experts say such initiatives are important but do not address the bigger structural inadequacies.
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