fresh waste

The Senar women also gave him plenty of water and a fresh waste pot every morning.

But do think of fresh waste as potentially hazardous.

Top level tray - Fresh waste is placed here and as the middle layer is "worked out" the worms will move up.

The tip bay is organised so that we put fresh waste over old waste before those 10 days are up.’

Beyond the doorway, the smell of fresh waste and muck gave way to the older decay of ancient paper and bones.

It takes about one month for "untrained" cattle to reach the maximum intake of fresh waste, whereas a cow which has received sisal waste the previous season attains the same level in a week.

Dandora is far and away the largest refuse dump in the 4.5-million-strong Kenyan capital, and with 2,000 tons of fresh waste every day, it also holds the dubious distinction of being a member of the "dirty 30" club of the world's most polluted sites.

Home to 4.5 million people, Nairobi alone produces 2,400 tonnes of fresh waste every day, most of it dumped in the Dandora slums in the city's outskirts, which hold the dubious distinction of being a member of the "dirty 30" club of the world's most polluted sites.

"I was married when I was 10-years-old, since then I have been doing this work," said Usha Chaumar, 30, a woman from the western state of Rajasthan describing how she would descend into the latrine pits early in the morning and carry out the fresh waste in a bucket on her head.