just from one language learner to another, so i hope you can appreciate this small grammatical correction:
> and neither is not easy to come by in Guatemala.
...the infamous 'double negative' que es correcto en español y otros, ¡pero es incorrecto en inglés!
it would seem to be true, and i would certainly defer to you, that altruistic minded and not toothless regulators, plus a whole lot of money are both necessary—and *neither is easy to come by in Guatemala.
again, great explanation of what might be difficult to comprehend from the perspective of others in this modern, interconnected world.
Caption to the first photo in TFA.
Might make for a useful pointed inquiry, as such gaps and loopholes are a stubbornly pervasive aspect of similar initiatives.
Most cities don't even have a functioning, modern landfill, just clandestine piles served by dump truck. Much of the trash picked up by this effort may have literally already been collected and dumped by a truck in a pile by the river.
There's a big "broken windows" element to the continuation of the problem. It's going to take altruistically motivated, powerful regulators and a lot of money to fix, and neither is not easy to come by in Guatemala.