Matuail Landfill

A garbage collector gathers plastic waste at Matuail garbage landfill, amid towering piles of smoking waste. Managed by Dhaka South City Corporation, the 181-acre landfill processes around 3,500 tonnes of waste daily. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam
Environment

Toxic smoke chokes residents as fire burns Matuail landfill

Zareen Tasneem Sharif. Sketch: TBS
Pursuit

How a plan to rescue Matuail landed Zareen the ‘Junior Nobel Prize’

Atasi Bhattacharjee. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Dhaka residents: Are we frogs that are being slowly boiled?

According to GHGSat, an emission tracking company, Matuali landfill situated in Dhaka South emits four tonnes of methane gas into the atmosphere every hour, equaling the emission of 190,000 passenger cars. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed
Environment

Matuail landfill emits 4 tonnes of methane every hour: “Unbelievable” say experts

Photo of excavators piling up waste materials in Matuail landfill. Photo: Collected
Climate Change

Matuail landfill’s per hour methane emission equivalent of running nearly 2 lakh cars, says study