Day 283 - a Year by the Sea

October 11, 2007 by OrientSee.

Real recycling. Riding back to the redemption center is a genuine participant in treating the world gently. There is always trash in and around the marsh. Sometimes it is mind boggling how much gets dumped at the edges of Belle Isle. I have noticed that at least the bottles and cans get picked up because there is an incentive. Now a nickel may not be much to some people but to others it does add up. In the thicket by the casket company, the beer bottles start to pile up and then mysteriously they all disappear. If only the styrofoam had a bounty too, then that ugly stuff would also disappear as quickly. One problem is that people are willing to carry all kinds of stuff with them wherever they go but seldom can be bothered to carry it out again. The other bigger problem is all the smaller towns around that make it harder to dispose of waste at home than it is to drive it into Boston and abandon it by the side of the road or marsh. It is a daunting thought to pack all this stuff up and carry out other people’s mess but then the city doesn’t cooperate in picking it up. I know this sadly from personal experience. Enough of the pulpit. The marsh is still a beautiful place to visit even if it get’s a little messy some times. In any case, this guy is terrific.

Ciao!

-Jorge

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