After a few days of ecological culture in Anare, most of the inhabitants of this town on the Central Coast adopted recycling as a lifestyle. Esteban Izaguirre is one of the locals who is in charge of collecting the waste that remains on the beaches and ensuring that each container contains the corresponding material.
Photo: Luna Perdomo
Adriana “La China” Cano, a surfer who frequently visits the beaches of Anare, Naiguatá de Vargas parish (now La Guaira); In 2019, she organized a conference on environmental culture in the town. Specialists in the field who taught neighbors, of all ages, the impact of throwing rubbish in inappropriate places on the environment.
After these talks, most of the town’s inhabitants began to recycle. “They themselves deposit their classified waste in the pipes and are vigilant that no one occupies the deposits for recyclable material with other types of garbage,” says Esteban Izaguirre, one of the attendees of the meeting, and who has spent many years treading the sand of the beaches of Anare in search of waste.
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His work took a more environmental approach after the conferences: he began to classify and separate the waste, considering it as recycling materials (cardboard, plastic and glass) and depositing it in specific bins arranged in various areas of the town.
“I collect all the waste and I put everything that is recyclable in the pipetes. Every three weeks a truck comes and takes them away. In return I ask for a little bit of diesel”, says Esteban, 71 years old.
Esteban Izaguirre adds several years treading the sand of the Anare beaches in search of waste | Photo: Luna Perdomo
Recycling on the beaches of Anare
For Esteban, who is also in charge of one of the entrances to the beach, every day is good, but weekends are better. “Saturdays and Sundays are the days when more people come and there is better movement. Three or four people come during the week, but on the weekend things get a little regular, like scratching, ”he comments with a laugh.
He says that for years he worked as a baggage unloader at the Maiquetía Airport until he managed to retire. After that, the beach has been his livelihood, because, in addition to taking care of maintenance, he also controls the access to one of the entrances.
Esteban describes himself and the people of Anare as “inexhaustible fighters who love their town” and invites everyone who wants to surf and enjoy the sea to visit the beaches of the Anare coast, but always recycling what they have to throw away.
After these talks, most of the town’s inhabitants began to recycle | Photo: Luna Perdomo
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