AFRICA – EAT YOUR RUBBISH. LITERALLY

We recently hosted some German friends and showed them our wonderful country. Or should I say  – our dustbin of a country. How embarrassing to plough our way through heaps of rubbish between Jozini and Kosi Bay. From Durban to Estcourt. Zululand, Midlands, Mozambique – you name it – they have one thing in common. It’s one big rubbish tip. Sis on you South Africa.

Threaded through this maze of rubbish are goats and cattle, standing in the way of trash being hurled out of taxis, cars, bakkies and buses. You can measure the eating habits of the affluent few who have force fed themselves on urban take-aways. It’s probably 8kms out of town – then whoosh out the window it goes. Sis on you South Africa.

Pacovis (http://www.pacovis.de) has an amazing solution for our bad table manners. They produce disposable packaging made from biodegradable products like palm leaves, sugar cane fibre and starch. Africa, you can throw your rubbish out the window as much as you like, let the goats and cattle munch on it without twisting their insides – and by killing two birds with one carton (so to speak) - we can manage our waste disposal problems whilst feeding the vagrant herbivores.

 

Consumers – use your voice – insist that biodegradable products are used by retailers, fast food outlets and large companies that rely on packaging.

 

 

We owe it to our animals, wildlife and domestic (believe me the game reserves don’t escape this disgusting throw away habit), and we owe it to our environment. We owe it to our country. 

No more sis on you South Africa.

SO, AFRICA – EAT YOUR RUBBISH. LITERALLY.

All the products shown are biodegradable and edible – if you are that way inclined!

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SMOKE RINGS IN CUBA. A TWO WEEK JOURNEY FILLED WITH SALSA, SUNSHINE AND SILLY PEOPLE: http://smokeringsincuba.blogspot.com/2013/10/smoke-rings-in-cuba-journey-filled-with.html
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