Project sponsored by our responsible travel in Honduras

Green bins

Since the past 3 years, 3 bins projects were set up in different Garifuna villages.

THE PROBLEM

The environment is beautiful in Garifuna villages: white sand beaches and blue Caribbean Sea. The problem is that there is no trash or dump waste places.

NOTE: This project is paired with the project of plastic bottles houses. Since we started to build these houses, there is barely no more plastic bottles in the streets and on the beaches. The villagers pick them up and we buy them to build the green houses.

PROJECT

With the help of Quebec CEGEP (colleges), we have built wood garbage containers easy to empty that we installed in the streets and beaches. With La Main Verte Association, which raised money with a benefit concert in France, we worked on a second operation to build and install large waste bins in all neighborhoods.

We are currently in the stage of building a recycling center to recycle all waste and organic materials. Plastic, metal and paper is sold to a recycling center. The organic waste will be converted into compost to be used by the villagers for cultivation of cassava and rice.

Project funded by our responsible travel in Honduras