Our avid recycling family and friends in Canada have always thought it was criminal that we do not recycle in the Ajijic, Lake Chapala, Area.

Once many years I was able to proudly report that our children were involved in a recycling program at their school and perhaps we would start recycling after the success of that program.

We have had a few false starts with the current trash program here I Ajijic, Lake Chapala but it would now appear that we might be moving ahead

The Chapala municipal government with take the first steps toward implementing (more…)

On Monday November 3rd, 2008 Chapala Municipality officials were proud to announce that they were one of the few municipalities in Jalisco ready to take steps towards a recycling program. Despite the 5 years notice provided by Jalisco state officials, many of the other municipalities were not ready for such an endeavor. As a result of the poor response to the rallying “Semades” (garbage separation department) the state of Jalisco is off to a less than stellar start.

Many of the state officials claim that the lack of funding is the real issue. They believe that in order to take on such an ambitious project they would need massive financial support which is not forthcoming.
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