2005 Leuwigajah landslide

The slide tore through informal neighborhoods set up by individuals within the landfill for the purpose of collecting recyclables, where it killed 143 people and injured many more.

[1][2] Prior to the landslide the dumpsite had been the primary disposal zone for trash from Bandung and Cimahi.

Two days of heavy rain had preceded the landslide,[5] which would have loosened mounds of garbage already destabilized by human interaction.

[5] The disaster brought heightened regional awareness to the danger of irresponsible waste management techniques.

[7] In December 2014 a fatwa titled Waste Management to Counteract Environment Degradation was issued by the Indonesian Ulema Council that cited the Leuwigajah disaster victims from Cimahi as a primary motivation for action to prevent a similar disaster in the future.