2017 R3 Conference | SNE SWANA Annual Conference - SWANA B, Session 1

1. Marketing Meeting
A Roadmap for Closing
the World’s Worst Dump Sites
March 27, 2017
David A. Murphy P.E.
Vice President

2. Presentation Overview
■ DAM background
■ ISWA Overview
■ 50 Worst Dump Site report overview
■ Managua Nicaragua Dump site
■ Haiti Trutier Dump site
■ Hummingbirds

3. My Background
■ Landfill/Materials Management Engineer 32 years
■ NI & HN Disaster Response 1998-2002
■ DR projects 2000-2004
■ Indonesia, Tsunami Response 04-07
■ Haiti Relief/Development 2011-present

4. My Family

5. Hurricane Mitch 1998
■ Massachusetts Bridge Initiative
■ Lynda forced CRS to take us to Managua dump
■ Development world is painful
■ Avoid Dump Sites
■ Discovered Pain, Disease, Sickness & Death

6. Managua Dump
■ Add Pic

8. Managua Dump
■ Earthquake destroyed 80% of Managua in 1972, La
Chureca became a dumping ground for rubble—and
home for 1,800 people who make their living sorting trash.
■ Aug 2007 a $39M grant to build a LFG project & a
recycling factory, completed in 2013, where 500 of La
Chureca’s residents now work.
■ In 2013, AECID built housing for residents of La Chureca
to provide better access to running water, electricity &
food. Includes a school, playgrounds and parks, and is
patrolled by the police.

9. La Chureca Recycling Plant

10. ISWA
■ A global, independent and non-profit making
association, working in the public interest to
promote and develop sustain-able waste
management.
■ Or……the International umbrella for SWANA
■ Disclaimer

11. ISWA Vision
■ An Earth where no waste exists.
■ Waste should be reused and reduced to a
minimum, then collected, recycled and treated
properly.
■ Residual matter should be disposed of in a safely
engineered way, ensuring a clean and healthy
environment

12. ISWA’s Hope
■ All people on Earth should have the right to enjoy
an environment with clean air, earth, seas and
soils.

14. Caribbean & Latin America
■ La Chureca Dump; Managua, Nicaragua
■ Trutier Dump; Port a Prince; Haiti
■ La Duquesa Dump; Dominican Republic
■ El Trebol Dump; Tegucigulpa, Honduras

15. Waste is about People
■ Poor Waste Management affects the:
– Air we Breathe
– Water we Drink
– Food we Grow & Eat
– Resources we cut down or dig from the ground
– Cleanliness of our Environs
– Cleanliness of our Cities we live in

16. Global Health Emergency
■ By 2025 dumpsites will account for 8-10% of all
global anthropogenic GHG emissions
■ Closing dumps is essential in reducing future
environmental & public health impacts
■ ISWA hopes Report can be a catalyst to stimulate
a movement & encourage donors
■ 3rd World Behavior is Affecting 1st World Health

17. Haiti Example
■ Poorest Country in our Hemisphere
■ 2010 7.3M Earthquake 275,000 deaths
■ 2016 Cat 5 Hurricane
■ Waste Management near Non Existent

18. Everywhere in PaP

19. Typical Street Corner

24. Trutier Dump Site Haiti

25. Nickname “Dump Rats”
■ “We are ashamed of our jobs”
■ Jimmy
■ Kevin
■ Paul Mary
■ John Philp
■ Lionel

33. March 25, 2017 Video

37. Tim Bouldry; Nicaragua
■ Documented Dump Conditions around world
■ Started a scholarship program for 40 kids in NI
■ Helped Author the ISWA Dump Report

38. Lamar’s fight against Plastic

39. Education

41. Take Aways
■ The Problems Seem Insurmountable
■ People Continue to Suffer Each Day
■ Help Shed Light on These Sites
■ Please Consider Reading the ISWA Report
■ Remember the Hummingbird