Tuesday, October 23, 2012

CIUDAD NEZAHUALCóYOTL JOURNAL; For Some in Mexico, Trash Is a Treasure Worth Defending

CIUDAD NEZAHUALCÓYOTL, Mexico -- Pablo Téllez Falcón has long ruled supreme over one of the world's largest dumps at the edge of Mexico City. He was born in garbage, he likes to say, and he intends to die there. A few weeks ago, though, the city closed its giant Bordo Poniente landfill for good, padlocking the gate and trucking the garbage to distant new dumps. Officials have optimistically outlined fast-track strategies to recycle, burn and compost all but a fraction of the garbage that th...

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