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| Posted On: | 28-Jun-2007 |
| From: | La Gringa [la.gringas.blog....com] |
| Subject: | Re: [roatan] Where does your Trash go |
--sQZjNzli5TzPWIrLO7wLu4wD7XKLA3z13IN7ZFF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I thought I would tell you all what we do in La Ceiba even though I don't know how that pertains to the situation in Roatan. We heard about a business near La Ceiba that recycles but we could never find it. In the meantime, we had collected two large bags of (rinsed) plastics and cans. Not knowing what else to do with them, we waited for the trash truck and asked them if they could recycle them. They were VERY happy as they normal dig through all the nasty trash to pull out the recyclables so they can sell them. So now we routinely save plastic and cans in clear trash bags so the trash workers can recognize them. They make a few lemps selling them and we feel better about not sending all that stuff to the landfill. It's a win-win situation. If only more people did that it could make a difference. It's really no different than when we were recycling in the US. We wash and flatten what we can so that it doesn't take up too much room and usually have a bag for them every 4-6 weeks. I don't see how gas can be a big issue unless you are using tons of plastics. If enough people are doing it, maybe those who sell the recyclables would come to pick them up if you make it easy for them. Hope that helps give you some ideas. La Gringa La Ceiba, Honduras La Gringa's Blogicito http://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com/ On 6/28/07, David K. Evans wrote: > > Namcy, this is a great idea. > > May I make an additional suggestion? It could be costly in terms of time > as well as gas for each family or business to take their recyclables all > the way to mudhole. Wouldn't it be better to have one or two trucks pick > up recyclables at designated collection centers...(.maybe in each > village)...and have these people take the material to the dump say once > a week or so? By definition "recyclables" are not easily biodegradable, > and would thus not cause odor problems while being stored to be so > collected. If need be a small amount of money...say one dollar per > family a week or so, could pay for the gas ( and maybe for the time) of > someone who would be willing to collect the materials from the various > villages' holding-bins and take it to the folks at the dump. > --sQZjNzli5TzPWIrLO7wLu4wD7XKLA3z13IN7ZFF Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I thought I would tell you all what we do in La Ceiba even though I don't know how that pertains to the situation in Roatan. We heard about a business near La Ceiba that recycles but we could never find it. In the meantime, we had collected two large bags of (rinsed) plastics and cans. Not knowing what else to do with them, we waited for the trash truck and asked them if they could recycle them. They were VERY happy as they normal dig through all the nasty trash to pull out the recyclables so they can sell them. So now we routinely save plastic and cans in clear trash bags so the trash workers can recognize them. They make a few lemps selling them and we feel better about not sending all that stuff to the landfill. It's a win-win situation. If only more people did that it could make a difference. It's really no different than when we were recycling in the US. We wash and flatten what we can so that it doesn't take up too much room and usually have a bag for them every 4-6 weeks. I don't see how gas can be a big issue unless you are using tons of plastics. If enough people are doing it, maybe those who sell the recyclables would come to pick them up if you make it easy for them. Hope that helps give you some ideas. La Gringa La Ceiba, Honduras La Gringa's Blogicito http://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com/ On 6/28/07, David K. Evans <dkevans....edu> wrote: > > Namcy, this is a great idea. > > May I make an additional suggestion? It could be costly in terms of time > as well as gas for each family or business to take their recyclables all > the way to mudhole. Wouldn't it be better to have one or two trucks pick > up recyclables at designated collection centers...(.maybe in each > village)...and have these people take the material to the dump say once > a week or so? By definition "recyclables" are not easily biodegradable, > and would thus not cause odor problems while being stored to be so > collected. If need be a small amount of money...say one dollar per > family a week or so, could pay for the gas ( and maybe for the time) of > someone who would be willing to collect the materials from the various > villages' holding-bins and take it to the folks at the dump. > __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (0) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Calendar Adventures on Roatan: An exciting tour of the island on DVD http://www.roatanvideo.com Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity 11 New Members Visit Your Group SPONSORED LINKS Roatan bay island Roatan honduras Roatan island honduras Bay island honduras Bay islands Take a Trip Find Great Deals Yahoo! Travel makes it easy Yahoo! News Sexual Health Get important sex health news Yahoo! 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