Hopes wane for survivors in Philippine garbage site collapse

Hopes of finding survivors days after the collapse of a massive mountain of trash in the central Philippines were fading, as rescue workers dug through tons of rubble.



The recovery of a body on Sunday brought the confirmed death toll to seven, with at least 29 people still missing as the crucial 72-hour window since the landslide in Cebu City came to an end.



About 50 sanitation workers were buried on Thursday when the mountain of garbage toppled onto them from an estimated height of 20 storeys at the Binaliw Landfill, a privately operated facility that handles refuse for the city of nearly one million.



So far, 12 employees have been pulled alive from the garbage and hospitalised.