Why Do Locals Hang Garbage Bags On Trees In Grozny

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

Why are garbage bags hung on trees in Grozny

My husband's parents live in Grozny, and the first time I got there was when my then fiancé and I went to get to know them. Grozny is a beautiful city, clean, well-groomed, with rich architecture. There were a lot of things that surprised me during the trip, but there was one thing that most amazed and puzzled at the same time.

Almost every house had garbage bags on poles and trees, and in some places right on the fence. The city is modern and clean, but here it is. The first thing that came to my mind was that I decided that they were doing this because there are not enough garbage containers in the city, or because people are simply too lazy to go to the nearest one, or maybe this is some kind of unusual ritual. To be honest, all these ideas immediately seemed to me not very plausible, and curiosity won out.

I still asked the groom why do people “decorate” the streets with garbage. At first he laughed at my question, but then he told everything. It turned out that people hang bags on poles and trees to keep the streets clean - such a local trick. There are many stray dogs on the streets of Grozny, who regularly visit garbage containers in search of food. After each such invasion, the space around is more like a spontaneous dump. In addition, packs of dogs living nearby residential buildings pose a real threat to the health of adults and children. Locals hang the bags on hooks and tree branches to prevent dogs from ripping them apart and carrying garbage around. This trick helps to ward off packs from the living area, because dogs will not stay where they have nothing to eat.

And do not think that garbage is on trees and poles for a long time, and packages appear randomly around the city. They are hung out, at most, the day before. According to the schedule, which is well known to the locals, a special car arrives and collects all the bags.

In such an unusual way, it is possible to keep the streets clean, to drive away packs of stray dogs from residential buildings, to greatly facilitate the work of janitors.