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 * About 500 to 600 metric tons of garbage is generated in the town.
 * Mombasa has only about 12 garbage collector trucks when it requires about 20 in order for it to have the ability to collect the garbage generated daily, by the town.
 * The mombasa municipal council lacks the expertise on ways on which to collect garbage around the town.
 * Some villagers died shortly after eating some rotten fish and toxic maize in a dump site in Mombasa, kenya. They were from the Mwakirunge village.
 * Council workers burn in garbage Kibarani, which causes air pollution and makes it inconvenient for motorists, commuters, and tourists coming out from the Moi International Airport.


[|The Dangers Of Garbage Pollution]


 * The air caused when garbage is burnt could be very irritating to many people's health.
 * When you burn garbage it produces toxic gas.
 * nitrogen oxideThe toxic gases produced when burning garbage include the following:
 * sulphur dioxide
 * =====Volatile organic chemicals and others=====

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=. [|Solutions to Garbage Pollution- Ideas]= >
 * We could organize a beach clean-up every week to clean up the beaches in the Coast.
 * We could write to the Municipal council of Mombasa to request them to stop burning garbage in public environments like Bombululu and Kibarani, but areas where there are is less public.
 * We could organize cards for donations to buy more bins, and slowly small trucks to transport the garbage from point A-B.
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NOTE: If you have any ideas on any other ways on how we could solve this problem then please visit this website and post a comment: [|http://pollutioninfoinmsa.blogspot.com]



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