To support this goal, we recently placed 50 public waste cans and will place more in 2020. Many households and businesses make waste cans available for public use, which enables La Manzanilla Hermosa's project to cover more territory.
It would be nice if people could increase tips they pay our heroic garbage workers and let them know that part of your tip is for emptying public waste cans.
I'd like to acknowledge people who assisted with this project.
Francisco Javier, the Delegado, secured La Huerta's commitment for garbage truck workers to empty the cans on their normal route. Judy Saling delivered stencils and paint from the U.S. Mary Jo Oberg donated and prepared a test can (we learned a lot from it!). Alan García Ceballos delivered the cans from Guadalajara. Jesús Zaragoza Cortés Carajo) drilled drainage holes and painted lettering. Valerie Denford helped identify locations. Amairani Jiménez Ambriz and Octavio Guzmán Figueroa provided a vehicle and labor to place the cans. Cruz Gomez delivered paint for next year's cans (and 12 more litter grabbers for the lending library). Linda Koenig and Mary Jo Oberg helped inventory cans after Hurricane Lorena (only one was missing but it magically reappeared in its spot a few weeks later).
The project is funded by money I inherited from my mother. I vividly recall when she got out of the driver's seat at a stoplight (in Houston, Texas) in the early 1960s to chastise someone who had thrown trash from their car. I am not as brave and people are more armed and dangerous now (especially in the USA). I am grateful she taught me that litter is awful and left resources that enable me to help reduce plastic in our bay in a non-confrontational manner that does not endanger my life!
Every year and for many reasons, there is noticeably less litter in La Manzanilla. We hope this project will help reduce plastic that flows into Bahia de Tenacatita.
Respectfully,
Vicki Mercer
La Manzanilla Hermosa
In photo from left to right: Octavio Guzmán Figueroa, Getsemaní Guzmán Jiménez, Amairani Jiménez Ambriz, Izael Guzmán Jiménez, Jesús Zaragoza Cortés (Carajo)
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