Roatán Opens New Landfill, Plans Park on Old Site

Published on Honduras Daily · Sep 8, 2026 · Originally reported September 8, 2026 by Diario Roatán

Roatán opened a new sanitary landfill on Monday, a more than L80 million (roughly $3.2 million) project that replaces a decades-old dump and includes tracking systems for waste trucks; officials plan to eventually turn the old site into a public park.

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