In communities where appropriate sites are available, sanitary landfills usually provide the most economical option for disposal of non-recyclable refuse. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find sites that offer adequate capacity, accessibility, and environmental conditions. Nevertheless, landfills will always play a key role in solid-waste management. It is not possible to recycle all components of solid waste, and there will always be residues from incineration and other treatment processes that will eventually require disposal underground. In addition, landfills can actually improve poor-quality land. In some communities properly completed landfills are converted into recreational parks, playgrounds, or golf courses.

In Liberia, waste management is a serious impediment to the environmental welfare of every one. I took a stop at the Red-Light Market in the city of Paynesville and I couldn?t help but noticed how stubborn we humans especially Liberians towards the healthiness of our environment. We need our environment more than our environment needs us as well as also need nature more than nature needs us. When I our environment falters and stubble, so do we. Red-light Market is where we buy our food for God?s sake. If we buy food from the place in the pictures below, then you could imagine what kind of food we consume. We will as well get sick and fall ill. So this  is a #CALL_TO_ACTION for the prevention of environmental pollution. 

Photo Credit: NRRI Liberia