A picture of a kind of “plastic sausage” stretched across a river sparks questions: Where does it come from, what exactly is it, is it really like that?

A Facebook post talks about a type of trap called a biobarda that was set across a river to stop floating trash before it flows into the sea. Unfortunately, the user doesn't know when and where the picture is from, but the idea is good.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10216320169459165&set=a.2105711164664&type=3&theater

The descriptive text on Facebook:

“These gentlemen set a trap to prevent garbage from reaching the sea, these men deserve to be viral on social networks, but as always these images, no one shares them.” – Text Blady Ximena

Unfortunately, we don't know who the picture is from or who uploaded the picture. The idea is definitely excellent.

Image unknown, sent by Blady Ximena

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Mimikama helps – We explain “Biobarda”

posted on Facebook with a similar description in March 2019 , but there are older pictures of the “Biobardas”, or “bio-barriers” in German. Articles about these structures made of ropes, a long net and plastic bottles can be traced back at least to 2017

The first biohardas appeared in Guatemala, although it is not known when exactly they were first built and by whom. What is certain, however, is that this is not just a single project by a few people, but was actually funded by the government!

The local population near places where a Biobarda was to be built were asked not to throw away empty, cleaned plastic bottles, but to donate them to a Biobarda.

In 2017, there were already at least nine rivers in which Biobardas were installed. The accumulated plastic waste was then collected and disposed of at the government's expense.

And how does it look today?

Unfortunately it's not quite as rosy anymore. was just reported a few days ago , several Biobardas that were created under then Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales now been abandoned. Residents complain that the accumulated garbage will no longer be removed by the government.

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Conclusion

The biohardas were and still are a good idea to deal with the garbage in the rivers of Guatemala. One can only hope that the new government will continue and finance this project, but the chances of this happening are good.


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