Shared waters, shared futures
Once living and working on the Kingtom dump, Mark Korgay now helps operate Freetown’s Irish-supported waste-to-energy plant, part of a city-run system that is enabling climate action by transforming waste into renewables. Photograph: Peter Caton for GOAL Global
In Kingtom, a crowded district near the centre of Freetown, thousands live on and around the city’s main dumpsite.
The air hangs heavy; salt from the Atlantic mixing with the acrid smoke of burning rubbish.
