Trash pick up

[DBart]

Maybe a year ago I read an article or a post somewhere that mentioned that Correos had started a program to assist with collecting trash along the Camino and they provided free bags for collection at various post offices. Does anyone know if this is still operating? I typically carry a bag while canoeing or hiking and figured I would do it along the Camino as well. Anyone have any updates on the program. I couldn’t find any info on the correos website.

 

[MinaKamina]

Maybe you are looking for this?

https://www.caminodelreciclaje.com/

 

[Anniesantiago]

I don't know about a program, but I often just carry a garbage bag and pick up trash as I walk.
It's a shame adult humans can't pick up after themselves, but all we can do is keep reminding them.

 

[Rebekah Scott]

It was called "Un Paso Limpio," it was sponsored by the Amigos de Astorga and the Japanese Association of Pilgrims, with funding from Correos. Yellow plastic bags were distributed along the Frances route, and pilgrims could take them, fill them up along the Way, and hopefully drop them in a proper container.
I still have a big mess of these bags, the Ditch Pigs hand them out to passing pilgrims when we're out on the trail, just to share the fun.
In later years the yellow bags were made of reusable nylon, a bit more environmentally aware, with different agencies doing the funding and distribution. These items were also great pilgrim laundry and shopping bags, thousands were carried home as souvenirs. We had a box of them at Albergue Municipal de Najera in 2022, but when they were gone, no more showed up.
Like many good ideas, this one will go on until the funding runs out.

 

[t2andreo]

Can we crowd-fund more bags?

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

Can we crowd-fund more bags?

Why, here on the forum I don't know how many lists / questions come by with what should I take with me. And the only thing that is never on there are waste bags. How about we all start taking some waste bags with us and advise everyone who comes up with the question of what to take with them to put some waste bags in their backpack. Oh, and they are also for sale in Spain. Just sayin

 

[SabsP]

Why, here on the forum I don't know how many lists / questions come by with what should I take with me. And the only thing that is never on there are waste bags. How about we all start taking some waste bags with us and advise everyone who comes up with the question of what to take with them to put some waste bags in their backpack. Oh, and they are also for sale in Spain. Just sayin

Best suggestion ever! An easy solution for taking some action ourselves. Even a small plastic grocery bag can be used. All small things add up!

 

[henrythedog]

Why, here on the forum I don't know how many lists / questions come by with what should I take with me. And the only thing that is never on there are waste bags. How about we all start taking some waste bags with us and advise everyone who comes up with the question of what to take with them to put some waste bags in their backpack. Oh, and they are also for sale in Spain. Just sayin

I knew there was a reason I wade through some of the drivel on here (although I’m guilty of contributing to it); it’s because once in a while someone states the bleedin’ obvious which has eluded everyone else.

What a great suggestion.

 

[SabsP]

I knew there was a reason I wade through some of the drivel on here (although I’m guilty of contributing to it); it’s because once in a while someone states the bleedin’ obvious which has eluded everyone else.

What a great suggestion.

And we aren't even ' tired and emotional '.

 

[Tincatinker]

On my 2012 camino when I ran out of trash bags I discovered that asking Hospis, bar-owners and even those municipality guys with their little carts and collections of brushes "¿podrías darme una bolsa de basura?" Even my phrasebook Spanish produced the desired result

 

[Rmarkob]

In later years the yellow bags were made of reusable nylon, a bit more environmentally aware, with different agencies doing the funding and distribution. These items were also great pilgrim laundry and shopping bags, thousands were carried home as souvenirs.

I picked up a couple of the nylon bags in 2021 and 2022. I'm afraid I'm guilty as charged, having used them for laundry and shopping and taking them home as souvenirs!

I usually carry plastic waste bags for picking up trash while hiking trails and back roads in Pennsylvania, and plan to do the same for my next Camino in 2025.

 

[C clearly]

Can we crowd-fund more bags?

Most of us acquire the occasional plastic bag, en route, that works fine!

 

[henrythedog]

And we aren't even ' tired and emotional '.

I’m having a week off.

 

[Rita Flower]

Why, here on the forum I don't know how many lists / questions come by with what should I take with me. And the only thing that is never on there are waste bags. How about we all start taking some waste bags with us and advise everyone who comes up with the question of what to take with them to put some waste bags in their backpack. Oh, and they are also for sale in Spain. Just sayin

YES! - At least on the Forum we can promote not only trash awareness but trash action.
I am planning my second Camino Francés and this will definitely be on my list. A couple of my lightweight shopping bags are perfect to collect trash and empty out at appropriate bins.
I am a saunterer rather than a walker so have plenty of time to collect trash. Maybe a reusable latex glove or two might be useful too.
Thank you

 

[Philtration]

I thought those were laundry bags! Got a couple in Logroño in 2021. They are great, don't make any noise when trying to start early. I'll have to make amends for their misuse and pick up more garbage next time.

 

[KiwiBrownz]

On my 2012 camino when I ran out of trash bags I discovered that asking Hospis, bar-owners and even those municipality guys with their little carts and collections of brushes "¿podrías darme una bolsa de basura?" Even my phrasebook Spanish produced the desired result

Hi, does Spain still have plastic bags? We haven't had them for a number of years.
They were definitely handy for picking up rubbish on.previous Camino. I also took 3 pairs of light plastic gloves which got used at a couple of grotty rubbish deposits. I thought I read recently that the rubbish dropping had dropped off excuse the pun.

 

[catheriam]

YES! - At least on the Forum we can promote not only trash awareness but trash action.
I am planning my second Camino Francés and this will definitely be on my list. A couple of my lightweight shopping bags are perfect to collect trash and empty out at appropriate bins.
I am a saunterer rather than a walker so have plenty of time to collect trash. Maybe a reusable latex glove or two might be useful too.
Thank you

Oh Rita, fair Camino Saunterering Lady! I had two bouts of Covid 2023, which has done a number on my "breathlessness" and, at 79, slowed my planned weight loss. . So 11 April, my fourth CS, I plan to be "sauntering forth" from Roncesvalles and make it as far as Viskarret. First CF in 2002, I made it as far as Larrasoana. Well, them days is gone for good! I live in Portugal, no worries about flight homes, staying in Spain until the heat has me sweltering back to Coimbra. And "saunter" for you looks like ...?

 

[Rita Flower]

Oh Rita, fair Camino Saunterering Lady! I had two bouts of Covid 2023, which has done a number on my "breathlessness" and, at 79, slowed my planned weight loss. . So 11 April, my fourth CS, I plan to be "sauntering forth" from Roncesvalles and make it as far as Viskarret. First CF in 2002, I made it as far as Larrasoana. Well, them days is gone for good! I live in Portugal, no worries about flight homes, staying in Spain until the heat has me sweltering back to Coimbra. And "saunter" for you looks like ...?

Hi @catheriam
Sorry to hear about your illness and health. May your body recover as best it can and give you more Caminos.
I saunter more because of normal aging (72), a manageable foot injury and temperament, rather than for major health reasons.
My shortest Camino day ever was 4 km. But I have done a few extremely long days over the years - for me that’s around 32 km max. Phew!
My average days are currently around 17 km. probably more than you are managing at the moment.
I saunter because I love to stop and share communion with the trees, shrubs, flowers, rivers, animals, earth, sky etc.
I can be found sitting anywhere in nature staring into the distance in reverie.
The blessing of enforced sauntering is just that -an opportunity to embed oneself in Country.
Australian Aboriginal culture calls the land Country with a capital ’C’ to denote the whole beingness of a place - and just like with a person, it takes time to get to know Country.
It’s so good you don’t have to travel far for your Caminos.
Happy sauntering.