/ 2017 / Press / Nature/Environmental

The Garbage Disposal Problem

The garbage disposal problem threatens our planet and our
future. This is the motive that brought me to undertake a
reportage about this dangerous issue. In Nepal, day by day I could
have seen the increasing of this problem due to a lack of
education about it and a lack of a suitable action plan by the
government of one of the poorest countries in the world. The
many interests that surround this sector, increases the attention of
the corrupt government that makes more and more business with
the black workers, especially waste pickers, creating a vicious
circle favored by easy money to detriment of the environment in
which we live.

Giacomo d’Orlando is an Italian photojournalist born, and currently based in Verona.
Its reportages are mainly focus on social and environmental issues worldwide. In his career he has treated delicate issues such as the violence on women, social disparity and climate change. Since 2015 he lived in different Countries as Nepal, Peru, Australia and New Zealand, collaborating with numerous international renowned magazines.
Its projects have been awarded by prestigious photo competitions and its pictures have been exhibited in Roma, Paris, New York.

Awards Honorable Mention in Deeper Perspective category at IPA 2015
2nd place in photojournalism category at Chromatic Awards 2017
2nd place in environmental category at Chromatic Awards 2017
Honorable Mention in Environmental category at PX3 2017
Honorable Mention in Deeper Perspective category at IPA 2018
Siena International Photography Awards 2018 Finalist
Bronze Medal at International Tokyo Foto Awards 2018