Environmental stories: Aftermath of Haiti's earthquake: A Canal

I was walking along with an empty water bottle in my hand wondering what to do with it. The little boy accompanying me must have sensed my thoughts and he pointed to the canal and said “throw it in the garbage”. With no formal waste disposal there is little other option than to dispose of waste in unused spaces. The government does have a scheme where people are hired usually for a week at a time to physically clean the streets of garbage, although they only operate in the highest traffic areas.
A Canal, 2011

I was walking along with an empty water bottle in my hand wondering what to do with it. The little boy accompanying me must have sensed my thoughts and he pointed to the canal and said “throw it in the garbage”.  

With no formal waste disposal there is little other option than to dispose of waste in unused spaces. The government does have a scheme where people are hired usually for a week at a time to physically clean the streets of garbage, although they only operate in the highest traffic areas.