Trash is indeed a universal Dominican problem
I go to Boca Chica every weekend, and the amount of trash that gets thrown around is incredible.
We had a large dominican family next to us on the beach a couple of weekends ago, right on the water's edge. They did their thing with soft drinks, spaghetti, potato chips, etc.
Every one of them, without fail, would finish a plate of food and drop it where they sat. Within an hour, they had the beach around them full of plates, foam cups, empty chip bags, and assorted other crap. Not one of them lifted a finger to pick up anything.
I know this is an educational thing, but for petes sake, one would think that someone having a fun day at the beach would feel some embarrasment at having all that trash floating around them. (I did, BTW, pick up some of the trash, right in front of them, but to no avail. They didn't even notice I was there)
In all due respect, there is not a lot of trash recepticles on the beach, but then again, I have seen many persons that would not walk 5 feet to a trash can when they were available.
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