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| Posted On: | 28-Jun-2007 |
| From: | La Gringa [la.gringas.blog....com] |
| Subject: | Re: [roatan] Where does your Trash go |
--rOY1XxcvdKWyDiRosdILPR-dM7bgwYD41W6h91s Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It may be the people who pick up the trash in Roatan would recycle it if it was separated and designated as recyclables and if there was enough of it to make it worthwhile for them. Just a thought. As I said, I don't know Roatan. I was just throwing out an idea because recycling is a topic of interest to me. My point about the gas is that our household only has a big bagful every 4-6 weeks so it's not like we would be driving it anywhere every week even if we did have to take it somewhere ourselves. As long as the bottles and cans are rinsed there are no problems with insects or animals. I should also clarify that when I said "we," I meant our family. I don't know of anyone else doing that so maybe we aren't so many light years apart after all, sad to say. From what I've read on this list, it seems that there are many environmentally minded people on Roatan so you'll probably come up with a plan long before we do in La Ceiba. La Gringa La Ceiba, Honduras La Gringa's Blogicito http://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com/ On 6/28/07, David K. Evans wrote: > > > I'm sorry, La Gringa...I thought this was precisely what I said. My > point about gas is that if every family and every business were driving > their own recyclables over to Mud Hole...say from as far away as Oak > Ridge or so, then gas would certainly make a "very big issue"...unless > gas is a whale of a lot cheaper in La Ceiba. You left off my comments > about human nature...so I find myself in total agreement with your > second part about making things easy for people to recycle. However one > point that may make a difference between La Ceiba and > Roatan...apparently from your reply, the people who pick up the trash in > La Ceiba are also the same people who go through it for recyclables to > resell...this isn't the case on the island. Families that actually live > on the fringes of the dump do the digging and reselling...they are far, > far too poor to "come to pick them up"...no matter how easy it is made > for them by the familes and businesses by simply putting the recyclables > into special containers. I fully applaude what you are doing in La Ceiba > and very much appreciate your update on what is going on where you live; > however, the island and La Ceiba are light years apart when it comes to > the concept of recycling. > All the best...dke > http://www.thejudasbird.com > > La Gringa wrote > > >.....................................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. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Adventures on Roatan: An exciting tour of the island on DVD > >http://www.roatanvideo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --rOY1XxcvdKWyDiRosdILPR-dM7bgwYD41W6h91s Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It may be the people who pick up the trash in Roatan would recycle it if it was separated and designated as recyclables and if there was enough of it to make it worthwhile for them. Just a thought. As I said, I don't know Roatan. I was just throwing out an idea because recycling is a topic of interest to me. My point about the gas is that our household only has a big bagful every 4-6 weeks so it's not like we would be driving it anywhere every week even if we did have to take it somewhere ourselves. As long as the bottles and cans are rinsed there are no problems with insects or animals. I should also clarify that when I said "we," I meant our family. I don't know of anyone else doing that so maybe we aren't so many light years apart after all, sad to say. From what I've read on this list, it seems that there are many environmentally minded people on Roatan so you'll probably come up with a plan long before we do in La Ceiba. La Gringa La Ceiba, Honduras La Gringa's Blogicito http://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com/ On 6/28/07, David K. Evans <dkevans....edu> wrote: > > > I'm sorry, La Gringa...I thought this was precisely what I said. My > point about gas is that if every family and every business were driving > their own recyclables over to Mud Hole...say from as far away as Oak > Ridge or so, then gas would certainly make a "very big issue"...unless > gas is a whale of a lot cheaper in La Ceiba. You left off my comments > about human nature...so I find myself in total agreement with your > second part about making things easy for people to recycle. However one > point that may make a difference between La Ceiba and > Roatan...apparently from your reply, the people who pick up the trash in > La Ceiba are also the same people who go through it for recyclables to > resell...this isn't the case on the island. Families that actually live > on the fringes of the dump do the digging and reselling...they are far, > far too poor to "come to pick them up"...no matter how easy it is made > for them by the familes and businesses by simply putting the recyclables > into special containers. I fully applaude what you are doing in La Ceiba > and very much appreciate your update on what is going on where you live; > however, the island and La Ceiba are light years apart when it comes to > the concept of recycling. > All the best...dke > http://www.thejudasbird.com > > La Gringa wrote > > >.....................................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. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Adventures on Roatan: An exciting tour of the island on DVD > >http://www.roatanvideo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __._,_.___ 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! 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