{"id":1095,"date":"2020-04-14T18:29:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T16:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/kiteezi-landfill-in-kampala-1095\/"},"modified":"2021-01-15T18:30:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T17:30:13","slug":"kiteezi-landfill-in-kampala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/en\/kiteezi-landfill-in-kampala-1095\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiteezi Landfill in Kampala"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><strong>On the way to the <a href=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/en\/lexikon\/kiteezi-landfill\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Kiteezi Landfill<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/en\/lexikon\/kampala\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Kampala<\/a>, the largest landfill in Uganda and all of East Africa. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a lot to discover in Kampala. And some cool locations are certainly not listed in the usual travel guides. With the Boda Boda (motorcycle taxi) I went to the Kiteezi district in the north of Kampala, the capital of Uganda. My goal: Here in Kiteezi is the Kiteezi Landfill, a large garbage dump. In fact, it is the largest landfill in all of East Africa.<br>\nHundreds of trucks bring the garbage from the metropolis of Kampala to the landfill in Kiteezi.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery galleryid-1095 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-fusion-400\"><dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Road to Kiteezi Landfill Kampala\" data-caption=\"Road to Kiteezi Landfill Kampala\" href=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-uganda.jpg\" title=\"Road to Kiteezi Landfill Kampala\" data-description=\"Road to Kiteezi Landfill Kampala\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-uganda-400x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400 lazyload\" alt=\"Road to Kiteezi Landfill Kampala\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-259\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27900%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20900%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%273900%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-uganda-400x300.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-uganda-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-uganda-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-uganda-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-uganda-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-uganda-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-uganda-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-uganda-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-uganda.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\" id=\"gallery-1-259\">\n\t\t\t\tRoad to Kiteezi Landfill Kampala\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Road to the Kiteezi Landfill Kampala Uganda\" data-caption=\"Road to Kiteezi Landfill Kampala Uganda - Largest landfill in East Africa\" href=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie.jpg\" title=\"Road to the Kiteezi Landfill Kampala Uganda\" data-description=\"Road to Kiteezi Landfill Kampala Uganda - Largest landfill in East Africa\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-400x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400 lazyload\" alt=\"Road to Kiteezi Landfill Kampala Uganda - Largest landfill in East Africa\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-257\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27900%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20900%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%273900%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-400x300.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-kitezi-strasse-muelldeponie.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\" id=\"gallery-1-257\">\n\t\t\t\tRoad to Kiteezi Landfill Kampala Uganda &ndash; Largest landfill in East Africa\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Already during the ride with the motorcycle taxi to Kiteezi, shortly before I reached the garbage dump, the street scene had changed significantly. At the roadside and on the lots of the houses, meter-high sacks full of garbage were stored. Collected by hand at the Kiteezi landfill. Plastic bottles, cans, plastics and other recyclable materials are collected, sorted and sold by hundreds, if not thousands, of people here at the Kampala landfill.<br>\nA few months before my trip to Uganda I saw a report on TV about this landfill, the Kiteezi Landfill in Kampala, in a report at home. And already at this point it was clear to me that I absolutely had to visit the garbage dump in Kampala and that I wanted to get my own picture of Kiteezi Landfill.<br>\nNo sooner said than done and so I walked through the garbage dump in Kampala in the Kiteezi district for a while. A tour of the Kampala garbage dump is of course not included in a travel guide as an excursion tip. But I found the tour of the Kiteezi Landfill totally exciting.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><div id=\"attachment_265\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muelldeponie-kitezi-landfill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-265\" class=\"lazyload size-fusion-800 wp-image-264\" src=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muelldeponie-kitezi-landfill-800x600.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muelldeponie-kitezi-landfill-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Kampala Africa Landfill Kiteezi\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%273600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muelldeponie-kitezi-landfill-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muelldeponie-kitezi-landfill-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muelldeponie-kitezi-landfill-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muelldeponie-kitezi-landfill-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muelldeponie-kitezi-landfill-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muelldeponie-kitezi-landfill-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muelldeponie-kitezi-landfill-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muelldeponie-kitezi-landfill.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kampala Africa Landfill Kiteezi<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_267\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muellsammler-muelldeponie-kitezi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-267\" class=\"lazyload size-fusion-800 wp-image-266\" src=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muellsammler-muelldeponie-kitezi-800x600.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muellsammler-muelldeponie-kitezi-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Garbage collector at Kampala Kiteezi landfill\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%273600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muellsammler-muelldeponie-kitezi-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muellsammler-muelldeponie-kitezi-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muellsammler-muelldeponie-kitezi-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muellsammler-muelldeponie-kitezi-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muellsammler-muelldeponie-kitezi-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muellsammler-muelldeponie-kitezi-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muellsammler-muelldeponie-kitezi-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveluganda.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kampala-muellsammler-muelldeponie-kitezi.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garbage collector at Kampala Kiteezi landfill<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The landfill is not fenced, so access to the landfill is very easy. In addition to numerous trucks, a large number of people could also be found at the garbage dump. Equipped with sacks and stooped, tons of men, women and children were in the garbage dump looking for cans, bottles and other materials. And the landfill also has numerous animal visitors. Lots of marabous (the big birds from the stork family) and goats were on the dump looking for food.<br>\nAnd very, very important: The smell on the landfill took some getting used to! There was a very intense stench in the air, which I had already noticed in a somewhat weaker form when I hadn&rsquo;t even been to the landfill site.<br>\nIn total, several thousand people live and work here in Kampala on and at the garbage dump in the Kiteezi district of and with the garbage.<\/p>\n<h2>Videos Kiteezi Landfill Kampala<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:800px;max-height:450px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-VfiHWEbWGA?wmode=transparent&amp;autoplay=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-section-separator section-separator hills fusion-section-separator-1\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-svg\" style=\"font-size:0;line-height:0;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;\"><svg class=\"fusion-hills-candy\" fill=\"#f6f6f6\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" width=\"100%\" viewbox=\"0 74 1024 107\" preserveaspectratio=\"none\"><path class=\"st4\" d=\"M0 182.086h1024v-77.312c-49.05 20.07-120.525 42.394-193.229 42.086-128.922-.512-159.846-72.294-255.795-72.294-89.088 0-134.656 80.179-245.043 82.022S169.063 99.346 49.971 97.401C32.768 97.094 16.077 99.244 0 103.135v78.951z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer-height\" style=\"padding-top:10.44921875%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:800px;max-height:450px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HVPJeVdS5QM?wmode=transparent&amp;autoplay=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; 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