16-Story Garbage Mountain Collapses in Philippines, 34 Missing; Echoes Delhi's Ghazipur Tragedy

• A 16-story high garbage mountain at Binhalew landfill in Cebu, Philippines, collapsed, leaving 34 people missing and at least one confirmed dead.
• The incident mirrors the 2017 Ghazipur landfill collapse in Delhi, where a similar 'avalanche' of garbage killed two people.
• In both incidents, the collapsing debris caused widespread destruction, sweeping away vehicles and structures, and making rescue operations challenging.
• The accidents highlight the extreme dangers faced by laborers and rag pickers working at landfill sites globally, with 110 employees present in Cebu during the collapse.
• These tragedies underscore administrative failures in waste management and the urgent need for scientific resolution of garbage mountains to prevent future disasters.

Why It Matters: Landfill collapses in Philippines and Delhi expose global waste management crisis and danger to workers.