Abstract
A tragic landslide at the Leuwigajah final dump site claimed 141 people's lives on February 20, 2005 in Indonesia. Municipal solid waste (MSW) had been being dumped into a narrow valley, without any engineering works. Waste-pickers living around the landfill took shelter in very shabby tents or wooden houses. Leuwigajah accommodated 3900 m3 of MSW per day, coming from the cities of Bandung and Cimahi, and also the Bandung District. The emergency situation of MSW continues on here, even after the new landfill site, called Sarimukti, opened in May 2006. The Environmental Protection Agency of West Java is currently planning a rehabilitation project for Leuwigajah, making it an engineered, sanitary landfill site comprised of a retaining wall, a leachate collection system and leachate treatment facilities, etc.
