Garbage

[Jeff_G]

my wife just shared this with me a few minutes ago.  Once again, I just shake my head.   This type of ignorant behavior is so rampant, it becomes acceptable.  This particular weekend people went to do something "holy" I guess.  I am so tired of the garbage and ignorance.   Reminds me of a river that is like a 12 minute walk from my wife's parents house (where she grew up).   I am sure at one time the river was absolutely beautiful/pristine.  The entire walk there, the trail on both sides was littered with garbage, and when we got to the river, there was fricken TONS of garbage all over the place.   I actually was thinking about ways to try and clean it up.   To make matters worse (for the river that is).   They still wash their clothes there, and bathe etc.    When their dad was young he used to catch a lot of fish, freshwater shrimp etc...  Of course now mostly all gone.

 

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2207245/mount-banahaw-marred-by-piles-of-trash-from-holy-week-pilgrims-tourists

[Possum]

It is a cultural thing. Proper garbage disposal classes in the schools could be substituted for some of the dancing. Obviously the parents don't teach respect for the country.

I just laugh when people say the government should do something about the garbage, as if the government threw the crap on the ground.

[RBM]

One of the reasons we now spending 3 months here Vietnam. Sadest part is a few years ago discovered some lovely nature hiking trails close tour place, which gave me 4 hours pleasant hiking. Slowly these beautiful hikes are being  littered with garbage, it's quite heart breaking.

Not perfect here but 100% better, completed 5 hour hike in a pine tree forest, zero garbage, generally our life is far more enjoyable an certainly much  cheaper with considerably better quality especially veges and fruit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[baronapart]

We live in a small barangay in Bacong. Zamboanga del Norte, Mindanao. The leadership is quite progressive. We have weekly pickup of garbage. You just put your rice bags full of garbage by the gate. There are also collection points around the barangay for those who live off the main road. This one is just down the road from our house.