Impact of landfill garbage on insect ecology and human health.

• Landfill garbage is main source of several serious diseases. • Landfill garbage attracts a lot of insect pests. • Insect population in garbage is dominated by Dipterans. • Insect diversity and density fluctuate with the season. • People around the garbage get more infectious diseases. The landfill garbage includes organic and inorganic matter. The organic matter covers more than 50% of the total waste material. Due to improper management of landfill garbage, it causes serious risks to human health directly by the emission of toxic gasses. On the other hand, landfill sites are the natural habitat of several microbes and arthropods. The present discussion illustrates the impact of landfill garbage on insect ecology and human health. Here, we highlighted the arthropod density as well as diversity. Moreover, the population of insect vectors of various diseases, insect scavengers as well as pollinators has been pinpointed. It shows that landfill sites and adjacent areas are hotspots for a wide variety of arthropods. The proper management of landfill sites could reduce the population dynamics of various insect pests, and health risks could be decreased in low-and middle-income countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]