1. Mindsets – people don’t want to change their habits and prefer not to divide their waste into separate bins. Even if there is a recycling bin, they will probably throw their trash on the ground anyways.
2. The scavengers get most of the recyclables out of the garbage and ship them to foreign countries for the recycling process. It’s good they are able to recycle somehow, yet bad, because the CO2 spent just to transport these over borders cancels out the efforts. But the scavengers make a profit off of it. (My opinion, hire those scavengers and make a company out of them!)
3. Residence owners – some people own entire building districts and even entire streets, so they govern what happens on their streets. He said that even if the government instilled some sort of recycling program, these street owners can still choose not to have that program anywhere on their property.

I don’t know how much of this is actually true, but in my opinion, if a waste management guy in Jordan has his own mindset that the mindset in Jordan will never change, than that’s a sign right there that something is terribly wrong. However, with the right approach, I think we should put a bit more faith in Jordanians to be able to make a positive change in their lives, wouldn’t you say?