Use it or lose it

There are three ways to re-distribute unwanted items in Bahrain: rubbish tip, re-cycle bin, or thrift shop.

Tuesday is our day to visit the Bahrain Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Thrift Shop. This is where we practically furnished our house when we arrived! So, we are “returning” the favor by donating back several items. Here are the volunteers who sort the donated items.



The concept of re-cycling has only recently (a year or so) come to Bahrain. These re-cycling bins are near our grocery store. You can drop off glass, metal, wood (?).



And the traditional way of getting rid of things is throw it and aim the rubbish in the vicinity of a tipster. This is the one outside our compound. This morning, I saw one more way, and that was a woman tossing two plastic bags over a 6 foot wire fence onto some waste ground, and in a few seconds a herd of goats were running over to get them. Darn, I didn't get a photo.