the Fort Charles Beach is completely messed up since the party on Easter Monday... sameold every year. Why they not takeing their garbage home ?

That is a problem, I think the guest houses in the area should take care of keeping it clean, and always mention it to their guest, to take the
garbage with them, they love it, but not enough to do that.

"A lazy man's farm is a breeding ground for snakes."

@visitorZ it was not a party of tourists, it was a party of mostly Jamaicans from the greater area. These parties are at Easter and at Christmas. And the people should feel ashamed of leaving all the rubbish on such a natural treasure. I guess they wouldn't even use garbage bins even if they stood right in front of them. Just so careless

Holy Banana. Why am I surprised?

Although organized community beach clean ups take place in Treasure Beach, I personally have noticed - and I am generalizing here and may offend some people - a particular lack of concern by some locals of Treasure Beach or maybe it is a lack of awareness about putting waste into the environment.

Time after time again I see nuff man 'dash weh' bokkles, wrappers and all sorts of litter buried in the sand.

I suggest the solution involves raising more awareness, having local community leaders support the initiative, and teach the young people at an early age the importance of the issue.

This is a problem where ever you go, did you see the rubbish that was left behind after the Royal Wedding! I personally abhore litter and cringe everytime I see someone throw as much as a cigarette away, knowing that the tip does not disintegrate. Nowadays if you say anything to a 'litter lout' you are liable to get a mouthful of abuse (verbally and/or physically)!

My mother and father always took the sweetie paper or crisp packet off me and my brother and if we went to the beach we always took home our rubbish etc and I did this with my children and I know they will do it with their children.

I have lost count of how many times I have been down by Winsome's Restaurant at Frenchman and had to ask large parties of people who have just come down to the beach to pick up their rubbish, which at first they did do but within an hour reverted back to throwing their paper plates, soda bottles etc into the bush, most I must say were mature people on church trips!!

When I first came to JA people used to make joke of me insisting on them putting on their seat belt, now it is why am always putting my cigarette end in a little tin!

What is the answer?

I really dont know cause here even the prospect of being fined large amounts of money doesnt put people off!

I have just come to the conclusion that people do not care and just think it gives someone else a job to pick it up!

VisitorZ - there are no guest houses on the Fort Charles beach and why should guest houses be constantly picking up after people.

I think it was back in the 60's/70's that a campaign existed against dropping litter and looking after the environment as a whole; it was called the 'Keep jamaica beautiful'campaign.The first step to raise our people's consciousness is to educate the young and this should be incorporated into the curriculum so they gwow up with an apppreciation of investing in their environment. Secondly educating the nation as a whole through advertising and the provision of bins in public places by Local Authorities and businesses.

Throwing trash into the enviroment is a common practice in all of Jamaica !!
ONE LOVE !!
Mike

Years ago I was visiting a friend at a house he built on an island off Vancouver. I asked him where he threw things away. He just looked at me and said, "there is no 'away.'" I had to laugh at the truthfulness of that!

I know some of those islands and the respect most there have for their land Sisterfire.

Maybe many here think there are no limits in Ja and enjoy the induced consumerism adrenalin rushes that come in all flavors and textures. On credit too. With no responsibility for EXTERNALITIES.

Unless....bush swallows everything disposed in them, like the oceans...limitless. And air cyaan done.

Nyam, dashweh, bun and loud. The death anthem of what could be otherwise.

Wait! Light at the end of the tunnel and it ain't a train.

To be continued......

every january evelyn and i visit the treasure beach/ft. charles area. a number of years back, evelyn experienced such sorrow at seeing the trash on ft. charles beach, that dispite her physical pain (from lupis) she decided to spend a good portion of every day collecting and bagging the trash. i joined her and was amazed by how much of a difference two people could make in one week. we make this an annual activity and were even joined a few years back by another out of town couple, who were inspired by evelyn's committment. we will return again next january, but plan to spend two months in the area. with few resources, a sustainable program and strategy of beach cleaning could be established. if there are folks who would like to express their interest in doing this, feel free to contact us. we love your community and look forward to our return. be well and good to all. jeffrey and evelyn bidmon

This is a bit off the subject here but I am wondering why some restaurants use those horrible styrofoam cups and bowls. It must be as cheap to buy some inexpensive containers that can be washed and used over and over again. Using styrofoam messes the environment up, and lots of the people who use those things don't even bother to put them in the trash bins.

Some is burnt producing carcinogens and other poisons.

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/opinion/article/Styrofoam-is-an-environmental-evi l-1244981.php

We do not tolerate poisons in our stomachs so why is it ok in our lungs? And that nauseating smell..

I remember my sadness the day I came upon a Bigga bottle on the beach close to Tulum, Mexico. I am not certain that Bigga is not sold in Mexico, but I couldn't help but think that Jamaica is directly west of where I was standing.

I have not been on these beaches for a while. Just wondering if these beaches have rubbish bins. Whether or not it does not excuse nastyness. I remember when Fort Charles beach was prestine. Bob's old building was the only structure around there then.A group of us had great times there on some Sundays swimming, cooking and playng dominoes.Please people, enjoy and preserve.In that cut of Jamaica for sure, we were thought that, "Cleanliness is next to Godliness."

So the rubbish is not from Forth Charles Guest houses, there is not a lot of houses on the beach there, is it the people from Billy´s bay then? were the people come from?, or were do they park, all the lots are private, maybe one or two open, but still private, maybe all the lot owners need to fence in their properties to avoid easy way in to the BEACH, these is a not ending battle, and is not the first time

I remember Fort Charles as a child when my father used to cut fishpot sticks there. There were no "lots", no houses, and no guest houses; just the beach and the bush beyond. So I must disagree with you homeowner about denying easy access to the beach. It was there before you, and it will be there after you. Please do not introduce this culture to Treasure Beach. Our culture is one of open country, where landowners build "climbovers" so we can take a shortcut to the beach.