Payatas dumpsite

14°43′0.6″N 121°6′19.8″E / 14.716833°N 121.105500°E / 14.716833; 121.105500

The Payatas dumpsite in 2017, at the time of its permanent closure

The Payatas dumpsite, also known as the Payatas Controlled Disposal Facility (PCDF), is a former garbage dump in the barangay of the same name in Quezon City, Metro Manila, the Philippines.

Originally established in the 1970s,[1] the former open dumpsite was home to scavengers who migrated to the area after the closure of the Smokey Mountain landfill in Tondo, Manila.[2] After the Payatas landslide happened in 2000,[3] the newly passed Ecological Solid Waste Management Act mandated the closure of open and controlled dumpsites. The dumpsite was reorganized into a controlled disposal facility in 2004 and was permanently closed in 2017.[4]

The former dumpsite is currently being redeveloped into an urban park for cycling activities.[5]

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