  
JULY 10, 2000
A mountain of trash buried
a community of scavengers
in Payatas, Quezon City,
killing over two hundred people.
This is how garbage kills.
garbage is not a simple problem.
for a metropolis of 10 million people, it has become an environmental, political and economic issue.
Hosted by award-winning environmental journalist Howie Severino, "BASURA" of "GARBAGE" examines Metro Manila's perennial problem, now worsening as the population increases and the economy grows. It also offers solutions, citing communities where garbage is recycled or transformed into compost right in their own areas.
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