Taking up the area of more than 40 football pitches, Ghazipur rises by nearly 10 metres a year with no end in sight to its foul-smelling growth

Technology has advanced and by recycling these, you can help to create jobs and reduce landfills

Global plastic exports to China could sink from 7.4 million tonnes in 2016 to 1.5 million tonnes in 2018; paper exports might tumble nearly a quarter

Life on the most organised garbage belt, where people "work instead of play".

The dump has pitted those living with the stench against those who make a living from trash – and Rustenburg municipality has no solution.

Almost 40% of the world’s waste ends up in huge rubbish tips, most of them found near urban populations in poor countries.

At night, the rubbish dumps of Alexandra come to life as rivers of rats come out of their holes they are the perfect breeding ground for rodents.

Health campaigners want to close a dump in Nairobi that spreads disease, but thousands of scavengers rely on it for survival.