See al the photos of this project.PHOTOS.
Let me clarify that in Ometepe there are not garbage trucks then everyone will have to organize for the disposal of waste.
We separate all the garbage in:
Organic - is used to make compost .
Paper - we use it to make recycled paper and the surplus goes to the oven
pieces of iron are sold to a men that every month pass to buy metal. The rest (which is not very much )we bury and generally get oxidized in a few years
Plastic - bottles are accumulated for the construction of houses
- Everything else goes on the floors of houses before making the cast concrete(Works as an insulator) and when we are not building is accumulated in a special case of concrete protect from animals and wind
Glass - we use in construction and decoration
Batteries - we accumulate in sealed plastic containers and later drowned in the concrete in the walls of the houses (it is the best solution we have found)
We spend a lot of energy in the recycling of garbage and just few of our neighbors are doing the same .When you visit other places in Ometepe, knowing that no one goes to pick up the garbage and if you can not see areas equipped for waste separation, ask yourself: What appen? where the garbage is going ? For now, let me tell you, and later you can investigate. Most of the people burn it, some bring it to the Moyogalpa to the dump where is burned, others carry off of the island where it is burned. The result is always burned which creates dioxin, then cancer, genetic diseases, etc etc ... This thing makes me angry more than anything with some foreigners who knows very well the problems that create this behavior and continue to rub for economic reasons, uncaring, etc etc ....
