China's largest dump is already full - 25 years ahead of schedule. The Jiangcungou landfill which is the size of around 100 football fields, was designed to take 2,500 tonnes of rubbish per day. But instead it received 10,000 tonnes of waste per day the most of any landfill site in China.

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China's largest dump is already full - 25 years ahead of schedule. The Jiangcungou landfill which is the size of around 100 football fields, was designed to take 2,500 tonnes of rubbish per day. But instead it received 10,000 tonnes of waste per day the most of any landfill site in China. (www.bbc.com)

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I went to a landfill site in Cambodia many years ago. People were literally living on it. Three year olds covered in rat bites were scavenging there daily. It was something else. I had to throw my clothes away, the smell wouldn't come out.

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