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Pune Building Collapse Death Count Rises To 8, 1 Missing Under Garbage Dump
The accident took place on Wednesday at around 1:30 pm when a massive heap of garbage collapsed onto the administrative building inside the Moshi garbage depot operated by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.
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Videos Showing Massive Garbage Dump In Kasol Spark Outrage Online
Videos showing a massive garbage dump in a forest in Himachal Pradesh's Kasol have ignited widespread outrage and intense online debate.
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''Hurts To See This'': Anand Mahindra On Video Of Garbage Dumping Near Gateway Of India
The video shows two men emptying gunny bags containing trash- mainly flowers- in the Arabian Sea near Gateway of India.
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How World's Biggest Garbage Dump In New York City Turned Into A Park
Staten Island's Freshkills was once the world's largest dump. In 2001, New York City shut it down and began the process of turning it into a park.
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Delhi's Garbage Mountain Will Be "Decimated" In 3 Years: Gautam Gambhir
BJP MP from East Delhi Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday said that reduction of height of the Ghazipur landfill has been his priority from day one, and claimed that in three years the massive dump will be "decimated totally".
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Teen Killed As Bomb Found In Garbage Dump Explodes Near Kolkata
A 17-year-old boy was killed after a container bomb found in a garbage dump exploded when he tried to open it in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Saturday, police said.
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A Stinking "Return Gift" For Those Littering Roads In Andhra Town
The municipal commissioner of a coastal city in Andhra Pradesh has declared war on indiscriminate garbage dumping in a unique way. He sends "return gifts" of domestic waste to residents who not hand it over to civic body-assigned garbage collectors.
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"Who Needs Himalayas?": People Review Delhi's Infamous Ghazipur Garbage Dump
The huge 'mountain of garbage' at the saturated Ghazipur landfill site still receives tonnes of garbage every day - but Delhi residents have found a unique way of letting their frustration be known. For about a year now, people have been flooding the Internet with five-star reviews for the Ghazipur garbage dump.
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Watch: Massive Fire At A Garbage Dump In Delhi's Jangpura
A massive fire broke out at a garbage dump in Delhi's Jangpura area in the early hours of Monday. Within minutes the fire spread to the nearby shanties. Local people alerted the police, who rescued the slum dwellers. Reports suggest several fire engines are at the spot trying to put out the fire.
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The World's Highest Rubbish Dump, And It Keeps Getting Worse
Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending climbers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind.
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The Giant Garbage Dump That's Floating In The Pacific Is Now Three Times The Size Of France
Seventy-nine thousand tons of plastic debris, in the form of 1.8 trillion pieces, now occupy an area three times the size of France in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii, a scientific team reported on Thursday.
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Sri Lanka Rubbish Dump: Number Of Deaths Rise To 19
Sri Lankan soldiers dug through rubbish with their bare hands Saturday to pull out victims after a huge garbage mountain collapsed on their homes, killing at least 19 people.
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6 Found Dead As Sri Lanka Rubbish Dump Buries 40 Homes
At least two people were killed and 10 others injured in Sri Lanka's capital Friday after a massive rubbish dump buried an estimated 40 homes during the traditional new year.
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Bengaluru, Garden City And Then Silicon Valley, Now Tagged Garbage City
The stench of rubbish hanging over swathes of Bengaluru is so powerful it rouses residents in the middle of the night, the fetid result of a trash crisis that threatens its reputation as one of India's nicest places to live.
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New York City Garbage Dump World's Largest Landfill-To-Park Project
Today, the 2,200-acre site on Staten Island is well on its way to becoming Freshkills Park, the largest landfill-to-park project in the world.
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Pune Building Collapse Death Count Rises To 8, 1 Missing Under Garbage Dump
The accident took place on Wednesday at around 1:30 pm when a massive heap of garbage collapsed onto the administrative building inside the Moshi garbage depot operated by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.
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Videos Showing Massive Garbage Dump In Kasol Spark Outrage Online
Videos showing a massive garbage dump in a forest in Himachal Pradesh's Kasol have ignited widespread outrage and intense online debate.
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''Hurts To See This'': Anand Mahindra On Video Of Garbage Dumping Near Gateway Of India
The video shows two men emptying gunny bags containing trash- mainly flowers- in the Arabian Sea near Gateway of India.
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How World's Biggest Garbage Dump In New York City Turned Into A Park
Staten Island's Freshkills was once the world's largest dump. In 2001, New York City shut it down and began the process of turning it into a park.
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Delhi's Garbage Mountain Will Be "Decimated" In 3 Years: Gautam Gambhir
BJP MP from East Delhi Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday said that reduction of height of the Ghazipur landfill has been his priority from day one, and claimed that in three years the massive dump will be "decimated totally".
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Teen Killed As Bomb Found In Garbage Dump Explodes Near Kolkata
A 17-year-old boy was killed after a container bomb found in a garbage dump exploded when he tried to open it in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Saturday, police said.
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A Stinking "Return Gift" For Those Littering Roads In Andhra Town
The municipal commissioner of a coastal city in Andhra Pradesh has declared war on indiscriminate garbage dumping in a unique way. He sends "return gifts" of domestic waste to residents who not hand it over to civic body-assigned garbage collectors.
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"Who Needs Himalayas?": People Review Delhi's Infamous Ghazipur Garbage Dump
The huge 'mountain of garbage' at the saturated Ghazipur landfill site still receives tonnes of garbage every day - but Delhi residents have found a unique way of letting their frustration be known. For about a year now, people have been flooding the Internet with five-star reviews for the Ghazipur garbage dump.
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Watch: Massive Fire At A Garbage Dump In Delhi's Jangpura
A massive fire broke out at a garbage dump in Delhi's Jangpura area in the early hours of Monday. Within minutes the fire spread to the nearby shanties. Local people alerted the police, who rescued the slum dwellers. Reports suggest several fire engines are at the spot trying to put out the fire.
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The World's Highest Rubbish Dump, And It Keeps Getting Worse
Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending climbers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind.
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The Giant Garbage Dump That's Floating In The Pacific Is Now Three Times The Size Of France
Seventy-nine thousand tons of plastic debris, in the form of 1.8 trillion pieces, now occupy an area three times the size of France in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii, a scientific team reported on Thursday.
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Sri Lanka Rubbish Dump: Number Of Deaths Rise To 19
Sri Lankan soldiers dug through rubbish with their bare hands Saturday to pull out victims after a huge garbage mountain collapsed on their homes, killing at least 19 people.
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6 Found Dead As Sri Lanka Rubbish Dump Buries 40 Homes
At least two people were killed and 10 others injured in Sri Lanka's capital Friday after a massive rubbish dump buried an estimated 40 homes during the traditional new year.
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Bengaluru, Garden City And Then Silicon Valley, Now Tagged Garbage City
The stench of rubbish hanging over swathes of Bengaluru is so powerful it rouses residents in the middle of the night, the fetid result of a trash crisis that threatens its reputation as one of India's nicest places to live.
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New York City Garbage Dump World's Largest Landfill-To-Park Project
Today, the 2,200-acre site on Staten Island is well on its way to becoming Freshkills Park, the largest landfill-to-park project in the world.
