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windgrrl
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Some improvements
On this winter's drive down, we noticed that trash is a significant problem in Canada, the US and Baja.
Down Mex 1, especially in BCS, quite a number of men walking through the ditches and collecting cans. The gardener at our RV park also collected any
cans, but beer bottles were left. Some brands of beer bottles can be returned to the point of purchase and are returnable with the carton and proof of
purchase. There are also recycling programs in many places. We saw a few semis loaded with what looked like baled used plastic several times on the
highway.
I think things are improving. In the past two trips down, although trash is evident, civic pride is showing on the main streets with attention to
landscaping, maintenance and men hard at work cleaning up and sweeping the junk that visitors and locals alike scatter about.
[Edited on 3-19-2013 by windgrrl]
When the way comes to an end, then change. Having changed, you pass through.
~ I-Ching
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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The SCT maintains green & white litter can pull outs on the mainland. For centuries, trash was thrown out the back window for the pig or wind to
sort through. My first view of many poblaciones was first passing through mounds of trash (usually rusting steel cans and burned out wrecks and old
tires. Some years ago, I forgot when, they hauled out hundreds of wrecked cars which went north.
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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vgabndo
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Along the Malicon in Loreto are lots of kid-friendly litter containers.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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BajaBlanca
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Those kid friendly containers are so neat. I first saw them in La Paz. They even have them in Punta Abreojos.
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dtbushpilot
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When we first moved into our condo in BV about 6 years ago the beach would be left a mess after a big weekend. The municipality placed a couple of
those kid friendly trash cans at the big palapa at the beach access and there was a noticable improvement. It seems that if people don't have
somewhere convinient to put the trash they will just leave it.
It's too late to rehab the older generation but not too late to teach the kids. It's getting better...
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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