Solid Waste Thing in Thies

So im still in Thies today, went to a trash sort to better understand how that works with some RPCV's who had a badass waste removal project going on in a city called joel or something like that. It was the birthplace of the founder of senegal i believe. Anyway they created a solid waste management plan there that turned most of the cities waste into compost, and really good compost at that. It turns out that most of the waste that folk have here is organic, like 70-80%. Turns into real good compost. It was cool to be able to see how it is done and how much organic waste actually comes out of peoples trash. It would have made great compost the stuff we sorted today. Oh yea plastic, the folk in joel managed to find a company in dakar that bought plastic to be recycled and was basically getting rid of all of the waste they were taking in.
So i basically spent most of the day with them doing that, managed to get a run in after that which was much needed. I get really frustrated and kinda pent up when my outlets get taken away, ie biking. Ill be really happy to get back to kédougou and MY bike. hopefully Ill be able to get all the way to Tamba tomorrow by the afternoon, and if i feel up to it maybe all the way to Gou in the evening. Im thinking ill stay in Tamba the night and get my family some gifts as thats the tradition here when you return from a long time away. I was going to do that in Dakar but drinking dancing and goofy softball games got in the way. I dont need to ge t alot or anything but its important none the less.
For dinner tonight i had a great meal at a restaurant called massa massa here in thies, it was a little pricy, but one of the best ive had in quite some time. There are a bunch of health and environmental education volunteers here at the moment for some seminar type thing and i went with a bunch of them. Its nice to meet some of the other stages and these folks all seeded nice, even the one who supports arsenal. Id say that that guy prob. knows about as much if not more than me about soccer, love it when i find people like that! Speaking of people i like talking to, its my good friend Sheila's birthday tomorrow so ill have to shoot out there this week to wish her a happy birthday. If you know who she is wish her a happy birthday! Well thats about the long and short of it for today, not that exciting but kinda fun. In a much better mood since i got back from massa massa, food comma/running/misc others are all to blame. Gotta love the other volunteers!