In 2000, about three hundred people died at the Payatas one of these in Manila where a homeless community had gathered.
In 2008, the artist Vik Muniz went to one of these places to produce works depicting catadores. In 1995, Rio de Janeiro began a system of granting licenses to people who worked at that one, Jardim Gramacho. The water brand Bonafont has a project devoted to helping Mexicans who make their living at these places called pepenadores. The Camorra organized crime group modifies documents called waybills to help maintain illicit control of these places in the (*) Campania region of Italy. In 2000, about three hundred people died at the Payatas one of these in Manila where a homeless community had gathered. After shutting down a huge one called Bordo Poniente in 2011, Mexican officials began plans to build a power plant nearby using available methane.  Until 2000, and then briefly again after 9/11, the Fresh Kills area of Staten Island served as, for 10 points, what sort of municipal site where garbage is put?
In 2008, the artist Vik Muniz went to one of these places to produce works depicting catadores.
landfills [or garbage dumps; accept obvious equivalents]