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I see that you are a fairly new forum member. If you spend much time here, you'll see many threads on this topic, including a recent report-in from the group that organizes an annual clean-up of a section of the camino every November, and efforts by a Portuguese group to educate pilgrims through information on their credencials.Is there a way we can begin an education campaign of #leavenotrace ? Or #packitinpackitout ?
Stunning scenery and weather. I may start collecting garbage!
I am with B, I was shocked by the rubbish & females sitting on the track to pee, getting up, wiping themselves with a wet one which they dropped where they were & went on their merry way with no thoughts as to what they had just done!! Took me 2weeks to come to be able to ‘turn the other cheek’ & keep walking. A friend here would have picked up the wipe & handed it to the offender saying they’d left something behind! I didn’t like the idea of waiting till they’d finished their ablutions to do that! If you look behind the hedges where I went for a pee (no wipes or paper required) the human excrement & wipe/paper waste is even more offensive—why not more composting toilets on the Camino Frances?I am into day two and am shocked by the amount of garbage on the trail. Mostly toilet paper, and pieces or skins of fruit that will not biodegrade quickly. Is there a way we can begin an education campaign of #leavenotrace ? Or #packitinpackitout ?
Stunning scenery and weather. I may start collecting garbage!
I am sure my response is too much of a generalization but here they are. Have you noticed that most of the graffiti is in English and when names are left, tgey are English names? Have you noticed the many ways Europeans care for their environment? As an American, I have to wonder how much of the litter and graffiti is left behind by fellow citizens. I hope I am wrong.I am into day two and am shocked by the amount of garbage on the trail. Mostly toilet paper, and pieces or skins of fruit that will not biodegrade quickly. Is there a way we can begin an education campaign of #leavenotrace ? Or #packitinpackitout ?
Stunning scenery and weather. I may start collecting garbage!
It must be those antipodes...Have you noticed that most of the graffiti is in English and when names are left, they are English names?
I am into day two and am shocked by the amount of garbage on the trail. Mostly toilet paper, and pieces or skins of fruit that will not biodegrade quickly. Is there a way we can begin an education campaign of #leavenotrace ? Or #packitinpackitout ?
Stunning scenery and weather. I may start collecting garbage!
I am into day two and am shocked by the amount of garbage on the trail. Mostly toilet paper, and pieces or skins of fruit that will not biodegrade quickly. Is there a way we can begin an education campaign of #leavenotrace ? Or #packitinpackitout ?
Stunning scenery and weather. I may start collecting garbage!
This is so silly. Where do they wash their underpants?how dare I wash this little pee rag in the sink with my laundry
KYour local authority provides free poop-bags, Wow!
There is no Camino Authority (well except the Cathedral in SdC and they definitely don't do trail-side hygiene). Most municipal authorities in Spain cannot afford to provide public lavatories let alone free poo-bags. A Pueblo with a population of 50 doesn't scoop in much of a tax revenue. The taxes paid by the local Albergue don't go far. Bars and such along the caminos provide the usual facilities but reasonably expect that you'll at least buy a coffee or leave some cents on the bar and the rest of the toilet roll where you found it.
The only viable perhaps is if, perhaps, pilgrims of good heart do what they can to make up for those others who will discard without regard. Take a trash-bag with you, pick up what you can, take it to the nearest village dumpster. Walk on with a lighter heart. I'm not advocating that anyone try to deal with pooped paper or sanitary detritus. Even the Ditch Pigs struggle with that challenge; ( rubber gloves, salad tongs and a balsa-descarga help) but do what you can, do it when you can. No pride, no guilt, no rage.
i took dog poo bags in case I got caught out on the track ( I never used them & left them by a water fountain so hoped they were of some use to someone & didn’t become litter!) & they could be used for pee paper but you don’t have to use a wipe or paper each time you pee! Unfortunately I observed most rubbish droppers were locals - when off the path & on the path. At view spots through the Douro (Portugal) the area behind the wall/hedge was the local toilet spot with all the expected detiritus so seems to be a common problem all over Europe & in some parts of Australia too!The mantra for the Australian bush is: take only photographs and leave only footprints.
But I take your point - toilet paper really is one of the bug-bares of the Camino.
About two years ago a member of the Sydney Pilgrims asked every Oz pilgrim (or recommended at least) to carry one of those supermarket plastic bags and to pick any rubbish you find on the Camino. Its a worthwhile suggestion, although not totally practical - your camino would last 3 months. But to do it for say one day would be a big help. Another (female) pilgrim advised that she carried a small bag (waterproof) and that was where she put the paper she used after peeing. The bag was emptied into a suitable garbage bin at days end. Cheers
(I might have to organise my travels so as to complete my camino in late Oct, do so ordinary touring and then join the ditch-pigs for a few days,. But no promises!!)
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