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“This is a landfill in the United States. They pay $800 for every load of waste disposed at the site, and truck drivers are paid $120 per load. Excavators are widely used here for waste management. In Ghana, however, excavators are imported for illegal mining, while waste still contributes to flooding. Here, waste is even used to generate gas. Don’t our leaders see this when they travel?” — A Ghanaian waste collector in the United States shares a video from a landfill site, expressing frustration and comparing waste management systems abroad with Ghana’s challenges in waste disposal, flooding, and resource utilization.