Saving Bread

Here's some fascinating information about garbage pickup in Casablanca. Although some garbage is strewn throughout the streets and the unofficial garbage field by my house, some people throw their garbage away in garbage cans.


Garbage trucks, like this one, pick up the garbage from the garbage cans and carry it off to the official garbage dumps. So far, this probably sounds like what happens all over the world in terms of garbage.

The interesting thing about garbage pick up here is that bread is kept separate. Plastic bags full of bread are left next to the garbage cans and the garbage truck drivers place them on top of the gas tank. They are then distributed to people in need, who often sell them to others to feed animals. It is against Islam to waste bread, so it's a pretty important part of life here.