Quote Originally Posted by Marblehead View Post
People complain about government regulation, but I've lived thru the transition form "Toss it out! Who cares?" to recycling, composting and reuse. The planet is happier for it where it happens. I can't for the life of me understand why this hasn't caught on in Jamaica. It breaks my heart how much trash is strewn about many parts of Jamaica. It's really painful to see plastic waste being burned.

Marblehead...they're trying to have it catch on here but there are some very old habits that need to be broken...the children in Jamaica are being taught to keep the land garbage free & hopefully they'll help some of the older adults treat the land more respectfully.
There are gov't campaigns, fines etc that are being implemented just as we had to do back in the day to change our attitudes about litter.

http://jis.gov.jm/anti-litter-law-strengthened/

Thankfully, we don't see anywhere near the amount of plastic being burned as when I first moved down here.