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'Trash for food' at Mexico City barter market

A new barter market in Mexico City is helping residents trade their trash for food in an effort to reduce the mountain of waste produced by the mega city.

Mexico City's huge, infamous Bordo Poniente landfill site was receiving 12,600 tons of waste a day -- one and a quarter times the weight of the Eiffel Tower -- before it was shut down in December last year. But although the landfill it is no longer in operation, the city keeps churning out trash.

The Mercado de Trueque encourages people to recycle paper, glass and plasticJose Luis Aranda is one of thousands of locals who are now making regular visits

to the market held once a month in the city's Chapultepec Park. Aranda brings along glass, plastic and cardboard waste, which is separated and weighed. He is then given vouchers, which can be exchanged at a nearby farmers' market.

The vendors at the market hail from local farms, adding the benefit of attracting shoppers to locally produced food.

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Mexi co Vocabulary Recycling: convert (waste) into reusable material.Barter: exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services.Churning: produce something in large quantities and without thought.Etymology: an account of the origins and the developments in meaning of a word.Indigenous: originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.

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English French

recycling recyclage

barter troc

churning barattage

etymology étymologie

indigenous indigène

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Mexi co Mexico’s Recycling Program

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Mexi co General Facts on Mexico

City name: Mexico

Population: 110.81 million people

Language Spoken: Spanish and 68 indigenous

languages

Currency: Peso

90% Mexicans are Roman Catholics

Mexican dishes: corn, hot peppers (chiles), and beans, products

Mexico’s Independence Day:September 16, 1810

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Mexican Gift Giving EtiquetteMexican Family Values

 Mexican table manners Business Meeting Etiquette

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Mexi coDay of the Dead

Piñatas

Bullfighting

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What are some of the cultures and traditions that define France? Are you expected to take gifts when you are invited to someone’s house in France? In Mexico you are expected to open your gift immediately. Is it the same in France? What are some of the business etiquettes in France? List some common table manners from around the world? Slide 8 Do you have a day dedicated to the dead/souls in France? What do you’ll do? What is the most popular sport in France? What is bullfighting? What is a piñatas? Do you know how it is made? What do you like in particular about the Mexican culture and tradition?