Frequent Landfill Disasters In Philippines Expose Weak Oversight, Government Inaction

A landfill collapse in Davao City, Philippines, killed one trash picker and left two elderly women missing, as heavy rains destabilized the massive garbage mountain in Barangay New Carmen — displacing around 100 families who called the site home. The disaster is the latest in a string of deadly landfill failures across the Philippines, following collapses in Cebu City and Rizal that killed dozens earlier this year. Experts point to decades of failed waste segregation enforcement, improper landfill operations, and lax government oversight as the root causes, echoing the catastrophic 2000 Payatas collapse that killed at least 218 people.

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Frequent Landfill Disasters In Philippines Expose Weak Oversight, Government Inaction