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DISTURBING VIDEO OF BEACH IN GUATEMALA SPARKS CONCERN ON SOCIAL MEDIA: ‘SHOCKING
STUFF’

“It all ends up somewhere.”

by Sara KlimekJuly 29, 2023
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For the most part, consumers don’t see where their trash ends up after they put
it in a bin out on the curb. A shocking video shared on Reddit’s
r/anticonsumption forum shows one location that is bearing the consequences of
the world’s trash and recycling problem. 

The video shows copious amounts of plastic bottles, trash, and plastic washing
up on the shores of Guatemala. With each movement of the waves, the debris
topples over itself and fills almost the entire frame. 

Worldwide, developing countries like Guatemala are a significant contributor of
marine plastics in part because they lack adequate waste infrastructure to
handle their growing consumer economies.

Guatemala has a historically poor waste management program. In the country,
there are limited water treatment facilities and regulated landfills. Sewage
pours into riverways, which deposit into our oceans and critical habitats like
coral reefs. 



The Intercept reported that “in recent years, several internationally funded
projects to build new wastewater infrastructure have been put on hold, possibly
a result of Guatemala’s scandal-plagued government.”

Further, the United States continues to send hundreds of thousands of tons of
waste to Latin American countries each year, including Guatemala, effectively
using the region as a dump and exacerbating the problem, according to Latin
American Post.

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One effort that has been made in recent years is the installation of bio-fences
— plastic booms made from recycled plastic bottles and netting — to try and
capture the floating waste so it can be removed from waterways. However, the
scale of this tool is limited and still requires human intervention to haul the
debris away. 

Commenters were disturbed by the sheer volume of trash. 



“Shocking stuff. This Earth is suffering so bad and yet we still push this
‘consume more junk’ attitude,” one commenter wrote. 

“There is no such place as ‘Away.’ We don’t throw things ‘away’ when we’re done
with them,”  another user wrote. “They don’t disappear into a magical place
called ‘Away’ where they never trouble anyone again. It all ends up somewhere.”



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