Garbage

"Let’s hope it’s true": Cubans react to new waste recycling project in Havana

Journalist returns from Cuba with the feeling that people are hoping someone from outside will save them

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

Bedbug infestation reported at the maternity hospital in Matanzas

Guantánamo relies on cart pullers and animal traction to confront the waste crisis

Rigoberto Ferrera is searching for the recipe that Cubans need the most

Minsap warns of a possible dengue epidemic as trash, leaks, and power outages contribute to the proliferation of mosquitoes

"Holguín is a complete dump," Cubans denounce amid the collapse of municipal services

Díaz-Canel wants to turn waste into "millions in revenue" for Cuba

"I do not 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 city's deterioration

A month without garbage 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 Centro Habana

Trash and sources of unsanitariness 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 trash, mosquitoes, and deaths: The New York Times exposes another side of the crisis in Cuba

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

"Holguín hurts": trash, landfills, and neglect consume what was once Cuba's cleanest city

"Havana can't take it anymore": Cubans react to the overwhelming litter in the streets

Animal-drawn carts will resume collecting 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 the cleaning day at a pediatric hospital

Complaint on social media compels cleanup of trash near the Pediatric Hospital of Matanzas

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

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

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

Amid garbage dumps and neglect, the playground in Matanzas is losing even its historical plaque dedicated to the Doctor of the Poor

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

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

A debate on "circular economy" is taking place in Guantánamo: More analysis as the circle of ruin expands

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

"Walking in Cuba is terrifying": The powerful testimony of a photographer highlighting the island's deterioration

Neighbors report blocks filled with trash in Matanzas: mice, bad odors, and blocked intersections

Journalist reports a trash dump a block away from the Pediatric Hospital of Matanzas

Official press portrays the garbage that floods Matanzas

Rigoberto Ferrera, "The Whip of Community Issues," continues to denounce garbage and its burning on the streets of Havana

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

"In Cuba, there have been difficult times, but none have seen as much chaos, neglect... so much garbage," denounces a journalist from Matanzas

Support for Marrero's call: Come to the country of "miseries everywhere," jokes Cuban content creator

Residents of Santiago de Cuba report an infestation of bedbugs and a micro-dump in the Sorribe neighborhood

Cuban mother reports a plague of flies in Cerro: "I have a baby, and it's unbearable."

Garbage and debris block the railway line in Bayamo, putting human lives at risk

"Signatures are being collected" in Havana, but to collect the garbage, says Rigoberto Ferrera

A man is caught eating from the trash on the streets of Santiago de Cuba

Landfills are burning in Holguín: the once "cleanest city in Cuba" breathes toxic smoke every night

Activist denounces plague and filth in Havana building: Who cleans this, Díaz-Canel?

"A tremendous mess": Cuban denounces sewage water flooding a street with a school and a daycare center

Guantánamo will resort to electric tricycles to tackle the collapse of garbage collection

Massive accumulation of trash near La Época store reported

Cubans confront each other over garbage: “Who is the owner?”

"Havana smells of burning garbage": the stark portrait of the "Wonder City"

Accumulated garbage in the Yayabo River concerns residents of Sancti Spíritus

Official media portrays an elderly man searching for sustenance in Granma's landfills as an example of "dignity."

Government admits health deterioration in Santiago de Cuba: elevated vectors, poor sanitation, and unchlorinated water

Just when you think you've seen it all in Cuba, a garbage truck in Cienfuegos surprises you

Horrified Cuban upon seeing a street in Havana: "Three kilometers of garbage."

Fire from garbage burning damages church in Centro Habana