Indonesia’s capital is drowning in waste: ‘the smell is awful’

Garbage-choked streets, overloaded landfills and the fear of trash avalanches haunt Indonesia’s capital region, as the world’s most populous metropolis grapples with a waste crisis. Jakarta and its satellite cities, known collectively as Jabodetabek, are home to 42 million people and produce up to an estimated 14,000 tonnes of waste daily. That has placed increasing strain on the eight or so landfill sites that serve the region, which are now all close to or entirely full, according to local...