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DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Garbage collection and disposal across the city have been significantly disrupted following the suspended operations of the city’s major landfill, as search and retrieval operations continue for an elderly woman buried in a trash collapse at the site nearly two weeks ago.
The suspension has significantly disrupted garbage collection and disposal across the city, which is home to at least 1.8 million residents generating around 750 metric tons of waste daily, much of which previously ended up at the landfill site.
Search and retrieval operations have continued for two weeks for the elderly woman who was buried when a mountain of garbage collapsed on May 20 at the 11-hectare city government-run landfill in Barangay New Carmen here.
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