Jardim Gramacho
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Jardim Gramacho (Gramacho Gardens in English) is a neighborhood in the city of Duque de Caxias and the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Landfill
Jardim Gramacho was the site of one of the largest landfills in the world. It closed in June 2012 after 34 years of operation.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-06-03/rio-de-janeiro-jardim-gramacho-dump-closing/55352142/1|title=Rio de Janeiro closes its massive Jardim Gramacho dump|last=Caivano|first=Victor R.|date=3 June 2012|work=USA Today|publisher=Associated Press|accessdate=7 June 2012}}
The dump was started on an ecologically-sensitive wetland in the 1970s adjacent to Guanabara Bay.{{cite news|url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Rio-closes-massive-Jardim-Gramacho-dump/tabid/417/articleID/256686/Default.aspx|title=Rio closes massive Jardim Gramacho dump|last=Barchfield|first=Jenny|date=5 June 2012|publisher=TV3|accessdate=7 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307183142/http://www.3news.co.nz/Rio-closes-massive-Jardim-Gramacho-dump/tabid/417/articleID/256686/Default.aspx|archive-date=7 March 2014|url-status=dead}}
The Associação dos Catadores do Aterro Metropolitano de Jardim Gramacho (Association of Collectors of the Metropolitan Landfill of Jardim Gramacho) is an organization of "pickers" who sort through waste in the landfill, finding recyclables as a means of survival. The 2010 film Waste Land documented two years of work by Brazilian contemporary modern artist Vik Muniz in creating art with the co-operation of the recycling pickers at the landfill.{{cite web|last=Cook|first=Cindi|title=‘Waste Land’ shows at Soho House|url=http://www.ladylux.com/style/site/article/waste-land-shows-at-soho-house/|work=LadyLux|accessdate=17 February 2012}}
See also
References
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Category:Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro
Category:Geography of Rio de Janeiro (state)
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