Stories and News No. 915 I read that in the mid-2000s the Stung Meanchey dump in Phnom Penh , Cambodia , has achieved the dubious distinction of being the world most famous. The reason? Simple, that is, terrible. Both day and night, thousands of garbage pickers working on the festering mountain of trash. They have lived in houses made from trash. They ate trash. Many were even born and many have died in it. Despite in 2009 the government has tried to close the landfill, some residents have simply moved, while most still live there... In the land of waste. Few rules. The first : do not throw away anything . Because the others have already done, so to speak. Then throwing away becomes an expression meaningless if taken literally. Here the whole life should be strictly interpreted and the various meanings at the same time become interchangeable. So, ‘throw away’ is transformed, depending on the opportunity, in borrow or even give , bring and take , lend and give again , ...
by Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher