What to do with all the rubbish? This is my local dump, a few minutes away, where all my house waste gets thrown. Kintampo has several other such putrid mounds, picked through by children, goats and chickens. Piles of rubbish are often burnt and organic matter quickly rots in the sun, but it is the discarded plastic bags which litter the town, including the plastic water sachets which hold filtered drinking water. At the base of the dump is the public toilet for the many people in town who do not have their own. For a small fee one can 'ease oneself' in private. However for many the easiest option is to 'free range'. Sometimes one sees children squatting on the dump. The hills around the town have also become free public toilets. The attendant health hazards include hook worms which can burrow into the feet.
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