Yes, Dominican Republic does recycle. We also repurpose and reuse. Especially when it comes to manhole covers. We repurpose missing manhole covers with whatever is available so people do not accidentally fall into the gaping holes. Steal the cover. No problem! We take whatever is available to cover or fill the hole. Sticks. Palm Tree branches. Wrecked car parts. Old tires. Used pieces of wood.
Man holes of Ave. España, Villa Duarte. Sticks. Palm Tree branches. Old tires. Used pieces of wood.
Palm branches fill open man hole on Ave. España, Villa Duarte, Dominican Republic.
Buenagente and Inteliperra check out a missing man hole cover filled with palm branches.
An old tire used to surround a manhole missing its cover in Dominican Republic.
I’m not really sure how to say manhole and manhole cover in Spanish. I see boca de alcantarilla, tapa de alcantarilla and tapa de pozo. I really do not know but whatever it is it is a coverless hole.
For reference here are a few pictures of covered manholes.
Ciudad Colonial Manhole Cover.
Benagente posing by a manhole cover from Parque Del Este 1987
Manhole cover Made In Mexico – Avenida Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó, Ciudad Colonial, Santo Domingo.
Buenagente and Inteliperra pictures courtesy of The Dominican Dog Blog.
