The trashes is what our trip leader called the garbage that seriously litters much of the country. In India, all packaging used to be biodegradable banana leaves or paper mostly People would toss it into the street or a field and it would decompose or be eaten by the many hungry cows. Now that most packaging is plastic it still gets tossed but it doesn't decompose or get eaten. In some areas there has been progress but it's not widespread. The government has a work scheme for low income people and one of the jobs is trash clean up. Many people find the trash one of the most depressing parts of a trip to India. Our trip leader begged us to leave 'the trashes' behind and just take home our other wonderful memories of Incredible India.
Some trash still gets eaten
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This garbage was tossed from an upstairs apartment as we walked through a village
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Work scheme employee gathering trash. she has lots to do!
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Recycling is private and a source of income for trash pickers and buyers/sellers.
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