Indonesians fight for more 'smelly money' to bear life near Jakarta's landfill mountain

An estimated 18,000 families live near the huge site, and the capital city's growing waste problem is making things worse

Indonesians living around one of the largest landfills in south-east Asia have called on the government to increase their compensation for tolerating the dump's nauseating and notorious stink.

An hour's drive from the sprawling Indonesian capital, much of the waste from Jakarta's 10 million residents ends up in ever-growing mountains of trash that make up the Bantar Gebang landfill. It is the largest tip in the country, covering 110 hectares.