Highest waste concentration for a dump site
- Who
- Eneka, Port Harcourt
- Where
- Nigeria
- When
- 31 December 2013
According to the D-Waste Association, the dumpsite with the highest waste concentration is Eneka in Port Harcourt, Nigeria; it has a waste concentration of 1,680,000–2,400,000 tonnes/ha. This would be enough to cover the football pitch in Wembley Stadium with up to 3,333,000 tonnes of waste – about half of the weight of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
The site covers an area of 5 ha (0.05 km²) and contains 8.4–12 million tonnes of waste.