Nigeria, Sept. 8 -- The stench from a mountain of refuse welcomes visitors to Gengere, a community situated behind the popular Mile 12 market in Lagos. Rotten food and crop items from the market, bottles, plastics, domestic wastes, and assorted refuse are gathered in the heap, and cart pushers dart to and fro the location as they make brisk business.

A smaller community is situated around the refuse heap, several people erecting their homes near it and others building their businesses there where they make different delicacies they sell to people.

Gengere is contiguous to the Mile 12 market and as a result, the activities in the market spill into the community.

Some residents lamented the impact of indiscriminate waste disposal in the ...