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Painter and Tiltil resident Raquel Carcamo has watched her town become "Santiago's garbage dump" over the years.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Another drop landed in a sewage and garbage dump, said Riham Abu al-Bid, 27.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024

The community was middle class, suburban and an unlikely place for a garbage dump.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023

Nancy Lara, who has lived a half-mile from the landfill site for more than two decades, spent years at war with the rodents, mosquitoes and flies she said were attracted to the garbage dump.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2022

“We wouldn’t have to live in this garbage dump if you had any manhood in you,” she said.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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