Payatas dumpsite
Former open dumpsite in Quezon City, the Philippines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]