The world according to me....

What does Zoe want to do when she visits a beach? Clean up the garbage, of course. So, when we arrived in Tortuguero after the STS, Zoe lost no time in organizing a beach cleanup with several volunteers. After 40 minutes, we managed to fill 8 large garbage bags with trash from a 500m section of the beach. Besides the shoes, combs, straws, and plastic cups that were everywhere, we found some other interesting things:

The CCC has offered to organize regular beach cleanups in 2004, and to dispose of the garbage off-site. Now, the next step is to find some way of solving the solid waste management problem in Tortuguero village....