{"id":8556,"date":"2019-10-16T20:28:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T19:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=8556"},"modified":"2019-10-16T20:28:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T19:28:06","slug":"recycling-yes-not-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=8556","title":{"rendered":"Recycling yes but not this way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/screenshot-www.channel4.com-2019.10.15-20_57_51.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/screenshot-www.channel4.com-2019.10.15-20_57_51-300x148.png\" alt=\"screenshot-www.channel4.com-2019.10.15-20_57_51\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/screenshot-www.channel4.com-2019.10.15-20_57_51-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/screenshot-www.channel4.com-2019.10.15-20_57_51.png 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recycling yes but not this way.\u00a0 That&#8217;s what I thought when I watched report on Channel4 news tonight from Idlib.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve seen some terrible things in my time on the TV but especially since the Syrian war started but children scratching a living in a rubbish dump has to be the worst.\u00a0 Yes- there are children doing this all over the world.\u00a0 But there is something truly disturbing about this happening in Syria since you know its not about poverty per se but caused by a war that seems to be without end.\u00a0 The kids that are scratching a living and yes they are recycling, are doing so because of a war.\u00a0 No other reason. \u00a0 They have never been to school and have only known war.\u00a0 Despite all privations they seemed really happy which made it even worse.<\/p>\n<p>In scratching a living they did seem to be recycling some of the commonly recycled low hanging fruit such as cans, but surely not this way.\u00a0 The most disturbing thing in the film was how old they looked as well as them eating rotten food they found in the dump (which was heaving with flies.\u00a0 One of the most heart rending things I&#8217;ve seen for ages.What to do?\u00a0 Donate to Syrian charities.\u00a0 These kids should be at school the oldest was only 14. Recycling yes but not this way.<\/p>\n<p>The full video can be seen here.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/inside-idlib-kids-scavenging-trash-for-food-in-idlib-syria\">https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/inside-idlib-kids-scavenging-trash-for-food-in-idlib-syria<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Recycling yes but not this way.\u00a0 That&#8217;s what I thought when I watched report on Channel4 news tonight from Idlib.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve seen some terrible things in my time on the TV but especially since the Syrian war started but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=8556\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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