choose your toxin, and then burn it

Here in Tanzania we have two options for disposing of trash: we can throw it on the side of the road or we can burn it. We've chosen to burn it in a barrel behind our house. But after a year and a half of rain and rust and burning, our burn barrel is falling apart.

So it's time to go find a new burn barrel.

First, we go to the local choose-your-own-barrel store.

Then you decide which toxic barrel is LEAST dangerous.

Why is he smiling?

Ouch!

Finally, I chose this one...

Yep, this barrel previously held Di-isocyanatotoluene. Fatal if inhaled. Suspected of causing cancer. And notice the company name: Bayer. The same stuff they put into your asprin? Oh well, it works great as a burn barrel.

Welcome to Tanzania!