Environmental protection in Colombia

Personally I save all plastics, paper, glass and cans (mostly beer . In about a week I have enough to take to Memo at Carrera 42 y Calle 38A in Envigado. Memo collects and sorts and recycles these items. It is a small step, but if we all did this...

When I lived in Medellin I noticed that the City was usually very clean and my neighbors recycled.   In Bucaramanga,  not so much.    In Barranquilla,  NOT AT ALL..  The  drainage canals are filled on a daily basis with old furniture, garbage bags, boxes, crates, clothing, cans, bottles,construction materials and more.  These canals empty into the Magdalena River which flows into the Atlantic Ocean. I live 2 blocks from a large drainage canal.  It is 30-40 feet wide with concrete sides close to 20 feet tall.  Once a year (yesterday)  2 bobcats (machines with a bucket on the front) spent 10 hours moving, pushing, and loading the debris into dump trucks.  More than 100 loads were removed.  To where,  I can only imagine.   Today,  I walked over the same canal pedestrian bridge and saw  mattresses, an old TV,  boxes, and garbage all over the ground.  It only took 1 night to re start the pollution cycle.   The people here throw paper, plastic, glass, and whatever in the streets without thinking about it.   This is not an Eco friendly City.