Evolution of an Illegal Garbage Dump

Outside of a resettlement area not far from here is an illegal dumping ground. I pass it frequently and it is interesting to watch it's evolution. Here is a picture from earlier in the year with a huge sign telling people they should stop tossing their garbage here.

Here is the same sign a few weeks later and someone has spray painted over it.

As ever the dogs are scavenging.  You can see them in the background.

As you may have guessed nobody cares and the people have completely ignored that sign. Eventually the weather wore it down and it is now gone. I have caught people dumping here many times day and night.

The problem with this dump is not the breaking of the law per se but the fact that this garbage dump is on the side of the road next sugar cane fields. The wind blows, the stray dogs scrounge, and the garbage gets strewn everywhere. It does not matter that the garbage truck picks up the majority of the trash.

They cannot pick up everything, only the big bags. There is always filth left over and much of it sinks into the soil especially after the rain.

There is also a little creek there and it too is full of trash.

I admit that it is a little hard to make out but that is a creek which runs through the sugarcane fields on either side of the road. It's dry in this picture but when the rainy season comes it is very wet and the garbage gets disseminated far and wide. 

There are no pictures I can take that will accurately convey the overwhelming stink and the absolute filth of this area. The environment is totally polluted and the air is wholly offensive. What is to be done? I don't know. Maybe a large metal dumpster or two could be placed here. Obviously people will continue to toss their trash here. People are even scavenging this dumpsite.

It's pretty gross and it does not have to be this way. But it is this way and that appears to be how it will remain.