Plastic Recycling

We recycle our plastic bottles. How about you?

AMONG THE 48 tons of trash Puerto Escondido's garbage trucks collect each day are from 10 to 25 thousand plastic bottles. All of this discarded rubbish ends up in the city dump, a smoldering landfill on the outskirts of town that is rapidly running out of space. This smoldering litter brings grave ecological and environmental consequences. The burning of plastic contaminates the air with ozone-killing toxins and the rain and water with carcinogenic elements.

But there is a facility where this plethora of plastic can be compressed, then shipped for recycling. We urge you to join us in this small step towards the greening of Puerto Escondido.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Separate your trash into recyclables (aluminum cans, bottles, paper and now plastics) and organics.

Talk to your neighbors and friends and get them involved.

Let the restaurants and business you deal with know about the program and urge them to participate.

Join the efforts of groups in collecting bottles from the roadside, gullies and beaches and delivering them to the recycling center. Or start one of your own.

The center is located off the 4-lane boulevard behind Calmecac school, opposite the State Health department building.

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