A thought I´ve been pondering...in Nicaragua the plastic bag is a hot commodity. They use them for everything, including a way to serve frescos, helados, and when you buy a soda in a glass bottle and don´t drink it there they pour it into a plastic bag and give it to you. At first it takes a little getting used to, but once you get the hang of it I don´t know if I´ll go back to drinking from any other container.
From an environmental aspect, we all know plastic is bad and needs to be recycled instead of thrown into landfills or in the case of Nicaragua thrown wherever you want; but in comparison to the US mass consumption of products in plastic bottles vs. the use of plastic baggies; which is the lesser of two evils?
I´m not sure yet; but I do know that helado de banano con leche eaten from a plastic bag is delicious.
Quick lesson on eating or drinking from a plastic bag:
1) pick a corner
2) bite off the corner and spit out the tiny fragment of plastic
3) drink and enjoy
4) if your Nicaraguan or have adapted to Nicaraguan culture (like some volunteers have; not me) after you finish you´ll chuck the remains onto the street.
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