#travellingarbage

 Les déchets voyagent, elles suivent le mouvement de la production, du marché et de la consommation. Elles suivent les intentions humaines pendant un certain temps jusqu’à ce qu’elles soient libre de se déplacer toutes seules. Pour beaucoup d’entre nous, une fois que les déchets sont hors de vue, ils n’existent plus. Nous savons peu de choses sur ces rejets une fois que nous les jetons. Normalement, c’est à ce moment-là qu’ils font du stop avec les forces naturelles : Eau, Air, Terre et Feu.

  Madagascar a rejoint le train mondial de la consommation depuis un certain temps déjà. Les déchets sont visibles dans les rues, aux frontières des villages, des villes et partout où il est facile de les ignorer. En 2015, le gouvernement de M. Hery Rajaonarimampianina a introduit une loi interdisant l’utilisation de sacs en plastique à usage unique et a ignoré tous les autres produits en plastique. En ce qui concerne l’application de la loi elle-même, nous attendons toujours. Lorsque j’ai déménagé à Madagascar en 2013, offrir un sac en plastique inutile mais gratuit pour la marchandise était un acte de générosité (tsara fanahy Gasy) aujourd’hui, cependant, il est acquis de s’en offrir un quel que soit l’achat.

  Le Voyage Des Déchets (#travellingarbage) est un projet photographique qui éclaire le chemin parcouru par certains déchets à Madagascar. Il s’agit d’une perquisition, d’une recherche et d’une documentation par la photographie sur le mouvement des déchets convenus avec des experts de l’équipe de Welt Hunger Hilfe sur les formes qu’ils prennent, la distance qu’il peut parcourir, les lieux où ils se rendent, l’effet sur l’écosystème de l’île et, finalement, la qualité de vie.

 Le Voyage Des Déchets est une série de 15 photographies prises à travers l’île, à savoir Tuléar, Antananarivo, Nosy Be et Diego Suarez. Chaque série de 3 parle d’un élément de notre planète. Il a été parrainé par WeltHungerHilfe Projet Passat 3 financé par BNZ. Il éclaire le chemin parcouru par les ordures ménagères quotidiennes à Madagascar.

Marofiny ( 33 years ) as she collects water from the Fiherenana river for her family of five for washing , cooking and drinking . The reused jerrycan and car oil container form together the ideal size and weight for her to carry back to the village of Bekoaky 1 km away .
What will be the future of those useful plastic containers once they break ?
A hen takes rest with her playful chickadees after morning foraging . The garbage that is revealed with the low tide on Nosy Be island gives an opportune meal for those who look for it .
What is the effect of what our consumables eat on our diet ?
A juvenile giant damslefish carries the remnants of a nylon net on her body on the coral reef in Diego Suarez north of Madagascar . 70 years since their introduction to our life , nylon , polyester , polypropylene and polyethylen are key pollutants in our seas and oceans today .
At this rate of pollution , how many years can the oceans’ ecosystems thrive ?
A house closure made from fan grills on Nosy Be island . The quality of the electronics we buy correlates with their respective life expectancy. Thus , we have a direct impact on the amount of garbage produced by making conscious purchases .
A martin finds passage between the electricity cables and the plastic garbage stuck on them a late afternoon in Antananarivo .
Is it really the kind of sky we want to view ?
A kite picks up speed above a house closure littered with plastic , nylon and victim kites . Kids in Antananarivo resort to garbage to do their kites since most can’t afford commercial ones .
Is our garbage already on the moon ?
Tony ( 24 years ) is a student . Whenever he can , he searches for bottles for his mother to clean and re-sell . This hill of glass garbage in Tulear has been there for more than a decade .
When will these glass bottles decompose ?
Early morning in Antananarivo , a man finds a good location to clean his truck . A couple of kilometres away , a woman finds a good location to dispose of her black water .
If each of us decides to deposit our garbage where it’s convenient for oneself, what effect will that have on the quality of our life ?
A herd of zebu rushes to a waterhole in the Fiherenana river in Tulear one late afternoon . Not far , a pile of plastic bottles collected at the centre de stockage et valorisation des déchets in order to be recycled . Normally they will be burnt to melt and mixed with sand in order to produce pavement slabs . Although the black slabs are durable , the method of production still raises many questions about safety .
Why do we still accept and encourage the production of plastic bottles ?
The way back from school in Antananarivo .
In addition to soil pollution , how many diseases host a burning garbage mountain ?
Two youngsters preparing a flooded land for planting on the Ikopa river in Antananarivo next to a dumpster .
What are the consequences of consuming products coming from polluted soil or water ?
Tolotra ( 10 years ) and Daria ( 11 years ) play soccer with their homemade nylon ball, which is , not so well balanced . The littered terrain in Antananarivo next to their playground had caught fire that afternoon .
Although that same pile was the source of their ball , the fire didn’t bother them at all , « there will be more tomorrow for sure Â» they told me .
What are the effects of random garbage fires on the quality of the air we breath ?
An artist draws Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary African leader . Nearby in the same street on Nosy Be island littered cartons from a supermarket await their destiny .
What inspiration would it take to revolutionise our current logistics system to a sustainable worldwide network ?
Ms Sahondra ( 62 years ) and her husband Mr Robert ( 64 years ) in front of a stack of cartons their team had collected throughout the morning . They make a living for themselves and a team of eight ( mostly family members ) from retrieving , cleaning , packaging and re-selling used carton from Antananarivo’s imports .
Humankind currently produces two billion tonnes of waste per year . In 2019 , the global waste recycling services market was valued at 53.71 billion U.S. dollars = 214,499,005,519,908 ar .
Ms Ranolily ( 64 years ) poses in her shop on a busy street in Tulear . Since the retirement of her husband ( 12 years ago ) , she’s been making a living for her family of six almost exclusively through retrieving , cleaning and reselling plastic , carton , tin and cans . The shop where she poses for the photo serves as her workshop , living room and bedroom for five .
What if plastic becomes the only long lasting resource on earth ?

a permanent exhibition that’s been touring Madagascar since its creation instigating talk amongst people across the island