Talking Trash

Regular Beach Cleanups Begin As the high season advances on us, we once again worry about the health of our beaches. Harmony Hotel cleans up the beach regularly in Guiones and is organizing a volunteer cleanup on next Wednesday, November 23 at 8 am. Meet at the palm tree, where you’ll get a trash bag […]

Nosara Recicla is pleased to announce that the pilot recycling program with Florida Bebidas has begun. As reported in June’s Talkin’ Trash blog, every week the Recycling Center will buy the recyclable material at the dump, compact it, and sell it to Florida Bebidas. The project began October 14, when the recyclables were weighed, paid

The recent heavy rains have deposited streams of plastic, glass, and other trash on our shores and roads. Let’s help get rid of this unsightly mess – there are two opportunities to join in a community effort this Saturday. On the beach, you can take part in the worldwide Coastal Cleanup, organized by the Ocean

Did you know that Costa Rica could soon ban the use of expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam)? Here’s your chance to support that effort with a few clicks by signing our petition to the Assembly supporting this amendment. Click here: “no styrofoam” amendment. Here’s the background: The legislature is considering an amendment to the Integrated Waste Management

This month we’re expanding our coverage beyond the Nosara landfill to include news of how other places are coping with trash. The annual International Coastal Cleanup will be held Saturday, September 17. Last year 800,000 volunteers worldwide collected more that 18 million pounds of trash during the cleanup. In Costa Rica, 552 volunteers cleaned up

First, Nosara Recicla is pleased to announce that trash collection is set to improve markedly and soon. On May 30 the Nicoya Municipality sent a delegation of 3 people in 2 cars equipped with 2 GPS devices to conduct a census of each house and business in Nosara with the goal of figuring out how

Have you noticed that there’s a lot of trash around Nosara? You can help clean it up by joining with the Nosara Recycling Association. On Saturday, May 28, at 8 a.m. Nosara students, residents, and businesses are joining together to clean up our neighborhoods. Visitors are welcome, too! The cleanup is being organized geographically. Each

Previous blogs have presented ways to reduce the amount of waste in the landfill by composting organic matter and described how and what to recycle in transparent bags for collection every Wednesday morning. This month’s topic is Reuse. Did you know that enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle the earth four times?

Last month’s Talkin’ Trash blog discussed what and how to recycle in Nosara. This month, let’s talk about reducing the waste stream by using organic waste, which constitutes half of the Nosara landfill, according to a University of Florida study commissioned by Nosara Recicla. Nosara Recicla has tested different ways to properly dispose of organics.

Update: The project to empty our landfill is on hold because Aurora de CR, the present collector from Nicoya, had to expand its routes during this high season, leaving no time to come to Nosara. The Recycling Association is discussing other options with Microsan, the company that now collects garbage in Nosara. If all goes