Déjà vu! Haven't we seen those pink plastic bins before?
Today's catch has been the most voluminous so far. The green tarp is double the spread I usually use.
Broken roof tiles
Bundles of plastic rods, bamboo, plastic coated bamboo, aluminum window
frames, plastic rope, wooden posts, plastic brooms and brushes, mats
Pink container (reused) full of wooden garden stakes ensnarled in plastic coated
metal wire
Blue basket of more stakes
Pink container (reused) with stakes, beer bottles and plastic sheeting
Blue corrugated steel sheet
I found so much junk today in such a small space, and that is because someone assembled all this junk together vertically. There were many old aluminum window frames taped and tied together, staked into the ground with bamboo poles woven in and tied on to make some kind of fence. It took me a while to break it down and haul it out. I tied all the long pieces together to make it easier to carry.
The bamboo is compostable, as are the wooden garden stakes, but the plastic coated wire holding them together is not. These were buried half way in the ground as were the beer bottles, plastic sheeting, corrugated steel and roof tiles. I think someone tried to make a retaining wall of garbage near the garbage fence.
I think I am beginning to understand why so much garbage ends up in the landscape. There may be many motivators but perhaps the main one is the fact that it is easier to throw broken appliances, tools, dishes, clothes, old food, and random junk out the back door than it is to make sure it leaves the island in the appropriate manner. It is easier to litter than separate burnable from non-burnable garbage and to bag up glass bottles and can and plastic bottles in separate bags for recycling. Plus the island-wide garbage pick up is twice a week and recycling is once per month, so it is infinitely easier and more convenient to throw stuff in the woods or ocean whenever it strikes a fancy.
On a positive note, I found a use for the pink plastic storage bins from a few days ago. I haven't decided if I will keep them or ultimately toss them in the dump, but at least in the meantime I can repurpose them for collecting even more garbage. Hooray!
Broken roof tiles
Bundles of plastic rods, bamboo, plastic coated bamboo, aluminum window
frames, plastic rope, wooden posts, plastic brooms and brushes, mats
Pink container (reused) full of wooden garden stakes ensnarled in plastic coated
metal wire
Blue basket of more stakes
Pink container (reused) with stakes, beer bottles and plastic sheeting
Blue corrugated steel sheet
I found so much junk today in such a small space, and that is because someone assembled all this junk together vertically. There were many old aluminum window frames taped and tied together, staked into the ground with bamboo poles woven in and tied on to make some kind of fence. It took me a while to break it down and haul it out. I tied all the long pieces together to make it easier to carry.
The bamboo is compostable, as are the wooden garden stakes, but the plastic coated wire holding them together is not. These were buried half way in the ground as were the beer bottles, plastic sheeting, corrugated steel and roof tiles. I think someone tried to make a retaining wall of garbage near the garbage fence.
I think I am beginning to understand why so much garbage ends up in the landscape. There may be many motivators but perhaps the main one is the fact that it is easier to throw broken appliances, tools, dishes, clothes, old food, and random junk out the back door than it is to make sure it leaves the island in the appropriate manner. It is easier to litter than separate burnable from non-burnable garbage and to bag up glass bottles and can and plastic bottles in separate bags for recycling. Plus the island-wide garbage pick up is twice a week and recycling is once per month, so it is infinitely easier and more convenient to throw stuff in the woods or ocean whenever it strikes a fancy.
On a positive note, I found a use for the pink plastic storage bins from a few days ago. I haven't decided if I will keep them or ultimately toss them in the dump, but at least in the meantime I can repurpose them for collecting even more garbage. Hooray!
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