Just before going to Iran (the pictures are coming, I swear it :)), We went with Anahide to Nubarashen dump site, in the framework of her ecological researches for KASA NGO.
Unusual destination for a taxi driver
The Nubarashen “landfill”, the dump site of Yerevan, is a huge smoking pile of burning waste. Dioxin and other polluting substances pollute the air of the capital, with associated risk for the population’s health.
Her impressions are on her blog here.
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Here are some pictures I shot. Very interesting visit, as landfills are somewhere I’m not used to go (who is?). Didn’t expect something so wide and smoking. Really. Maybe we should visit landfills at least once during our lifetime. And if you’re interest to come and take part to activities about ecological issues in Yereva, the Eco Club is opening in september. check www.espaces.am for news
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Smoking Ararat
7 comments in “Nubarashen : Smoking garbage”
2007-08-12 at 1.57 pm
Welcome back to France.
BTW: I told you I took some photos of people living on or working off the other landfill in Yerevan in Achapiak.
Anyway, they’re at:
http://www.hetq.am/eng/photostory/2004_august_achapniak_0001.html
http://www.hetq.am/eng/photostory/2004_may_achapniak_0001.html
Hope you’re settling back in France okay. Cheers from Yerevan.
2007-08-12 at 4.09 pm
I had he opportynity visiting some dump sites through out the world. This one I should classify it as medium level
But it is a real issue for the future
Thank you for your pictures and your comments
2007-08-14 at 10.40 pm
[...] Anahide writes about a dump site outside of Yerevan, where unrecycled waste is slowly burning and releases toxic emissions. Thomas of Follow the Way took some pictures of the site. Share This [...]
2007-08-15 at 12.14 am
Burn it and create smoke and other air polution. BUT it leaves little organic waste. Bury it and there is no smoke or other air polution. BUT the organic waste creates methane and other gasses than can and do explode and send poisons into the ground water. It seems a catch 22.
2007-08-15 at 9.46 am
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2007-08-15 at 12.06 pm
Yes it is a vicious circle.
I’ve been part or eco projects last year where we were cleaning churches, then burning garbages ….
Waste treatment is a real issue in Armenia, especially due to the fact that the government isn’t really involved into it.
The new deputee assembly seems to discover all those environmental issues only after these elections
2007-09-10 at 8.15 am
[...] We applied to the local governing body again with the request, at least, that the area be scavenged every morning. However we were told that it could do nothing, as it is not its responsibility but that of an NGO which possesses the trucks and human resources. If the dwellers do not pay taxes for waste, the NGO does not fund carrying the city garbage out to the city dump, incidentally, one of which is some 7 minutes away by car from my place to Nubarashen. Incidentally, Follow The Way blog carries some photos of Nubarashen landfill. [...]
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