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Who Takes Out the Trash in Yerevan?
For every majestic photograph of Mount Ararat from Yerevan posted to Instagram, there is a far less-appealing view lurking just outside the edges of its neatly cropped frame.
Plastic bags, bottles, dirty diapers, used yogurt containers—all the di
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Dear Karine:
Interesting piece. I recently–well 4 years ago!–translated a book called Vidures (Aghpasdan in Armenian and TRASH in English) about corruption in post-soviet Armenia which coincidentally takes place among a gang of rag pickers who live in /on.around the Nubarashen garbage dump–I hope that awful place still does not exist??
Best wishes,
Christopher
Dear Christopher,
Nubarashen definitely still exists (as it clearly states in the article). JAMNews wrote a piece about some of these “rag pickers,” who are living in extreme poverty. I think you’ll find it interesting: https://jam-news.net/?p=5676
Karine
It is disheartening to see that the same problems with waste management in Armenia have persisted since 2018. It appears that the dream of finding a viable solution to the garbage disposal problem is still yet to be realized. It is sad.