They build playgrounds with recycled tires in Cuba

The workers of the Raw Materials Recovery Company (ERMP) of Guantanamo They found the solution to the disappearance of the playgrounds in Cuba product of the current economic crisis: build device modules with old recycled tires.

These operators transform completely useless tires into tractors, engines and labyrinthine tunnels, among other implements, the official boasted Canal Caribe in a video posted on Facebook.

With these implements they make up modules that are then used to build beautiful and cozy playgrounds.

The official television station pointed out that, in addition to giving life to old tires and turning them into toys, there is also another benefit in using recycled tires: Do not pollute the environment.

“Their decomposition (of the tires) would take a whole century and once buried they prevent the proliferation of mosquitoes,” he noted. Canal Caribe, suggesting that innovation is also highly friendly to nature.

Each module carries between eight and 12 implements, which “enrich children's imagination”, because those who “enjoy them they become conductors or rise to the sky, or they get tangled at the exit from a labyrinth tunnel,” indicated the television report.

An ERMP source reported that they are currently working on the manufacture of seven playground modules, the first of which is already ready and will be located in the community of Los Llanos, in the municipality of Maisí, in Guantánamo.

“We are working on three more modules to set up in that same municipality,” he indicated.

He also highlighted that before the end of May, another park will be set up at the Provincial Party School Motel.

And while ERMP workers in Guantánamo continue to manufacture toy modules with recycled rubber for new playgrounds, the old parks remain mired in neglect and abandonment, product of scarcity and the economic crisis.

Recent images of the emblematic Lenin Park in Havana They reflect government neglect and the lack of recreational options for children in Cuba.

In a video posted by Cubanet, you can see the park's attractions stopped, rusty, and surrounded by weeds, like in a horror movie.

The recent appearance of strange coffins in a Havana playground It caused a stir on social networks, where Cubans wondered if it was a terrifying joke and asked for explanations.

Internet user Beatriz Alonso said on Facebook that she was concerned about the new items at the recreational facility and asked the Marianao government to explain "what these half-buried coffins in the Children's Park at 100 and 35 mean."

He also said that from that place they erased all the cartoons that were painted on the walls, including Elpidio Valdés and other very Cuban characters.