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Uncontrolled trash greatest public health threat in Monrovia - UN

As mountains of garbage expand in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, the UN Environment Programme has called on the government and private sector to repair the country's broken system for collecting trash.

4 Jul 2007

Monrovia - “Solid waste management is arguably the greatest public health threat in Monrovia,” UNEP's Michael Cowing told IRIN. “There is virtually no waste management sector.”

Virtually no waste management sector, along with a lack of proper toilets, means household trash, human feces, and hazardous medical waste is randomly disposed throughout the city, in some areas swelling to piles large enough to block roads. Children walk barefoot through trash heaps, picking through piles that can contain used syringes and bloodied bandages.

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