Hauling garbage in Mali’s capital, Bamako, can be grim
Donkeys pull a cart to collect household waste at the Badalabougou garbage dump site in Bamako, Mali, on July 10, 2024. When handling the garbage of a city of over 3 million people and equipped with little more than a face mask and gloves, it helps to have a sense of humor. Yacouba Diallo decided to name the two donkeys that pull his cart after his cousins, Keita and Kanté.
Residents are turning to donkey carts like Diallo's for trash pickup. The carts can weave in and out of vehicle traffic and reach more places than trucks can, especially on bad roads.He said he can make up to $166 a month. That kind of money is attractive to youth who come from Mali's rural areas seeking employment in the West African nation with high unemployment.
But conditions are tough all around. Ideally, the garbage collected from Bamako's streets is meant to be deposited in a transfer site and then taken to a landfill. But the city doesn't have sites that meet required standards, said Bamadou Sidibé, a waste management consultant.The World Bank in 2022 approved $250 million to help rehabilitate a landfill outside Bamako to international standards and build a second one in the city.
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