Bokk Diom Association
Waste & RecyclingDakar's Mbeubeuss Pickers Fight to Stay When the Dump Closes
Bokk Diom's 1,300 pickers, who have worked West Africa's biggest dump for decades, stopped Dakar's garbage trucks in 2023 and are now demanding a just transition as the World Bank-financed closure of Mbeubeuss proceeds.
1,300membersBokk Diom members (as reported by IAWP)
17peopleWorkers arrested in the February 2025 Mbeubeuss eviction, including leaders