Among the largest open-air landfill sites in the world, the landfill sites in Ghana and Madagascar receive an inordinate amount of waste from over-production and over-consumption. They pollute both the soil and the air, and damage the health of their inhabitants…
![At the foot of the Old Fadama mountain At the foot of the Old Fadama mountain](https://www.christianbarbe.com/wp-content/gallery/the-mountain-of-old-fadama/cache/09062023-pollution-decharge-old-fadama-accra-ghana-L1438831-copie.jpg-nggid0102000001785-ngg0dyn-480x320x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg)
An impressive mountain of rubbish towers over a slum area in Accra, Ghana.
![What to harvest? What to harvest?](https://www.christianbarbe.com/wp-content/gallery/andralanitras-landfills-madagascar/cache/christian_barbe%CC%81_contre-vents-et-mare%CC%81es_02.jpg-nggid0102000000834-ngg0dyn-480x320x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg)
In the Andalanitra's landfill in Madagascar, they work imperturbably "against all odds" ...