Trash

"And this is without a earthquake": Cubans face the destroyed streets of Havana

Garbage collection on La Rampa will have a fee: 100 pesos per household and 15,000 for private entities

"Only country where trash collection is news": Cubans react to the launch of the collection project in Havana

Cuban woman in Miami collects clothing from the trash to send to Cuba: "That solves anyone's problem."

Cuban in front of the garbage along an entire block: "This is creative resistance."

Burning trash cans turn neighborhoods in Holguín into a health trap

The Yayabo River, a symbol of Sancti Spíritus, is suffocating under trash and the inaction of the authorities

Not even Saint Jude Thaddeus can get them to collect the trash in front of his church in Centro Habana

El Cerro has the key... and also a swamp of waste in the heart of the Cuban capital

"In what each corner of Bayamo has turned into."

Enormous landfill raises concerns in Guantánamo: "Rats enter homes, and the stench won't let us live."

Cuban: "What a punishment it has been to stay in this country."

A garbage dump catches fire on a central street in Cárdenas

Lázaro and César keep watch over a corner of Centro Habana: neighbors pay them to prevent littering

Rivers turned into dump sites: garbage worsens flooding in the city of Holguín

Another dump on the way: the accumulation of garbage is increasing in front of the playground in Holguín

The municipality of Holguín will celebrate a July 26 of "victories" amidst 40-hour blackouts, water shortages, and accumulated garbage

The streets of the revolutionaries: mountains of garbage, risk of epidemics, and neglect in the heart of Havana

A massive landfill overflows at 8 Plantas in Artemisa

From Pot Banging to Fire: Protests Intensify in Cuba

"Hopefully it's true": Cubans react to new garbage recycling project in Havana

Journalist returns from Cuba with the feeling that the people are waiting for someone from outside to save them

Hatibonico River: pollution and waste condemn the most important river in Camagüey to oblivion

They report a bedbug infestation at the maternity hospital in Matanzas

Guantánamo relies on cart pushers and animal power to tackle the waste crisis

Rigoberto Ferrera is searching for the recipe that Cubans need most

Minsap warns of a possible dengue epidemic as garbage, sewage leaks, and power outages promote the proliferation of mosquitoes

"Holguín is a complete dump," Cubans complain about the collapse of municipal services

Díaz-Canel wants to turn waste into "million-dollar revenues" for Cuba

"I don't recognize my neighborhood with so much neglect": Cuban shows the streets of Manzanillo

"I had never seen Matanzas so dirty and dull": Cuban laments the deterioration of the city

A month without trash collection in Cienfuegos while the authorities discuss preventing hepatitis

Not even Saint Jude Thaddeus can handle this impossible cause: the trash near his church in Central Havana

Garbage and sources of unsanitary conditions are gaining ground in the "Cradle of Cuban nationality."

The Pearl of the South is sinking in garbage: residents of Cienfuegos report a neighborhood turned into a landfill

The sale of junk in Cuba: "All of this is recycled and people want it."

Catholic Church of Santiago de Cuba issues a plea to the government: "The situation has become unsustainable."

Mountains of garbage, mosquitoes, and deaths: The New York Times unveils another side of the crisis in Cuba

In Cuba, "band-aids have been applied where deep surgeries should have been performed," says Leonardo Padura

“Holguín hurts”: garbage, dumps, and neglect consume what was once the cleanest city in Cuba

"Havana can't take it anymore": Cubans react to the overwhelming amount of garbage on the streets

Animal-drawn carts will once again collect solid waste in Nuevitas

Marrero says that Fidel and Raúl Castro protected the Environment in Cuba

Abandonment in Cuba: from railway station to garbage dump

"And then?": Cubans question clean-up efforts at a pediatric hospital

Report on social media prompts cleanup near the Pediatric Hospital of Matanzas

Cuban official blames the U.S. embargo and sanctions for the garbage crisis in Matanzas

Waste truck featuring photos of Cuban leaders arrives in Hialeah and causes a sensation: "It has been spectacular."

"We owe a debt to the city": Authorities admit collapse in garbage collection in Matanzas

Amidst landfills and neglect, Matanzas' playground loses even its historic plaque dedicated to the Doctor of the Poor

In Matanzas, they do not collect the garbage, but they are joining the Cuba Recicla campaign

The streets of the revolutionaries remain buried in garbage: a viral video captures the neglect in a central area of Havana

They debate in Guantánamo about "circular economy": More analysis as the circle of ruin grows

The harsh confession of a Cuban: "I pick things out of the trash to be able to eat something."

"Walking in Cuba is terrifying": The powerful testimony of a photographer who exposes the deterioration of the island

Residents report blocks filled with garbage in Matanzas: rats, foul odor, and blocked intersections

Journalist reports a garbage dump a block away from the Pediatric Hospital in Matanzas

Official press depicts the trash that inundates Matanzas

Rigoberto Ferrera, "The Whip of Communals," continues to denounce trash and its burning in the streets of Havana

From playground to dump: this is how Los Caballitos, a symbol of childhood in Holguín, ended up