I observed it schortly after I came here...
(and I really don't know why I post it right now :) I guess there were more striking things than ecology :)
Spain is very ecofriendly!!!
Recycling is on a very high level, indeed. In a flat you are likely to encounter 3 bins to sort your rubbish (it's really common practice). Next to each housing buidling there are big containers: vidrio, envasos, papel - what are the first two?, yes? :) glass and (plastic) packages ;)
Moreover, these tree types of bins are in the metro!
So if you want to throw away 'something' on the metro station and you don't know the meaning of the word on the bin (colours do not help, either), pretend that you still use the empty package :) You will throw this 'cleaned' yogurt pot or plastic bottle later, when you exit the undergorund ;)
Another thing is that in Madrid tube there are special boxes for the used-newspapers. So if you have read, browsed through a newspaper, you can put it there or simply leave it on a bench so that other commuter, traveller, tourist ? ;) could benefit from it ;) You get these local papers for free anyway. 'The used' use reasonably then.
So if you want to throw away 'something' on the metro station and you don't know the meaning of the word on the bin (colours do not help, either), pretend that you still use the empty package :) You will throw this 'cleaned' yogurt pot or plastic bottle later, when you exit the undergorund ;)
Another thing is that in Madrid tube there are special boxes for the used-newspapers. So if you have read, browsed through a newspaper, you can put it there or simply leave it on a bench so that other commuter, traveller, tourist ? ;) could benefit from it ;) You get these local papers for free anyway. 'The used' use reasonably then.
Furthermore.. have I mentioned that the city is very clean?
they do clean the streets at night.
When you come back from fiesta (from 3-6 a.m) 'cleaner-cars' drive along the streets and the men in cat's-eye uniforms, ecquipped with fire hoses pour the water on the pavements. All the rubbish flows with the water preasure and then it is 'collected'. In the morning there is not a trace of 'fiesta-waste' (read: bottles, cartons, plastic packages, cans, tissues etc.)
btw. When I first time saw wet street/pavement (in the morning while going to the bus stop - going to the school, not coming back home! ;) I was so suprised: "has it been raining? when? It's so warm afterall... hmmm.. Ok, I might not remember" :D
"Aaa there has been this 'clean&clear' (uff ;)"
btw. When I first time saw wet street/pavement (in the morning while going to the bus stop - going to the school, not coming back home! ;) I was so suprised: "has it been raining? when? It's so warm afterall... hmmm.. Ok, I might not remember" :D
"Aaa there has been this 'clean&clear' (uff ;)"
Oh, and why in the title 'eSpain'?
Spanish people tend to pronounce English words that start with two consonants sp, st like this:
"estation", "estereo", "estart", "esport" and their own "eSpain" :D (etc.)
e.g. Pablo Alborán is eSpanish estar :)
"estation", "estereo", "estart", "esport" and their own "eSpain" :D (etc.)
e.g. Pablo Alborán is eSpanish estar :)
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