THE smell from the area covering 4 hectares assaulted the nose. Various types of trash had been dumped on the field only a few meters from the sea. People were busy collecting scrap metal, plastic, aluminum cans, boxes, bottles and pieces of wood.

There were a few dilapidated shacks, each with two or three people and a set of scales. They were the agents who collected the results of the scavenging. The Ganpong Jawa Trash Dump (TPA) in Kutaraja dis