The people in Antarctica recycle like no one's business. Everything that comes into Antarctica is either consumed or shipped back out as trash. It is not buried or burned here. We are supposed to leave the smallest possible footprint. This is what makes Antarctica the pristine beautiful place that it is. Each person sorts their trash into bins, such as glass, aluminum cans, food waste, paper, etc. There is also a "thrift store" called Skua central where people can take things that are in good shape but no longer wanted. Everything there is free, and it is mostly things like clothing and shoes, room decorations and books. Every bit of trash is loaded on the resupply boat and shipped off the continent to be recycled so everything is sorted.
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Stuff that is no longer used by work centers here
can be taken by other departments. |
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| Bins to sort our trash into. |
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These are bigger bins for sorting our trash, they
are outside the work centers. |
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| Triwall containers full of waste. Yep, lots of trash here! |
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| Entrance to Skua Central, the "thrift store". |
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This is the snowman blanket I found in skua. It
is really soft! |
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| They have fun with labeling some of the waste containers. |
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