(This one's common to much of Georgia, but worth including and highlighting.)
Mestia has NO organised garbage collection.
What can't be burned in people's home stoves, or fed to the livestock, is dumped, preferably into the river or simply onto its banks. I have heard rumours of hefty fines in other, larger Georgian cities for littering. Fine idea IF you have someone collecting your rubbish and taking it somewhere for you. A couple of weeks ago I saw a street cleaner manoeuvre his wheelbarrow full of plastic, glass and other trash, and send the whole lot flying off the bridge into the magnificent torrent far below. The banks are already covered with the stuff, spoiling any views or photographs. Not his fault! He has no alternative except to remove it from Svaneti altogether by the bagful, if he even has a car! So, bring on your littering fine. But fine yourselves first, government, for not allowing people any other way of handling things.
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