Anti-litter campaign in Joburg east gains momentum
ORCHARDS – As little ones are keen to learn the correct thing to do, not littering should be taught to them.
Following a call by Sandringham resident, Vivienne Pivo to keep the Joburg east areas clean, more people are echoing the same sentiment.
Marilyn Medalie, a resident of Orchards on Grant Avenue has also contacted the North Eastern Tribune calling for more action to be taken against littering in the suburbs.
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In the article in Week ending 4 August, Pivo was reported to have been mobilising residents, especially children, to start taking care of their environment. Pivo suggested that an anti-litter awareness campaign with an educational message targeting mostly schoolchildren was necessary.
She said, “Learning the importance of anti-litter at school – in respect of caring for the appearance of the environment and in keeping with health and hygiene priorities and the resultant consequences – could encourage schoolchildren to promote the message by taking it home, thereby influencing others to do same.”
She said additional public bins need to be placed on main road pavements, as well as in recreation parks, open spaces and at transport hubs.
Medalie also asked why there aren’t many more bins for refuse. She said she lives in Orchards and claims there are exactly two bins in four blocks on Grant Avenue.
According to her, there are none between Grant and Louis Botha avenues and on Oaklands Road. “No wonder people don’t carry their refuse for 1km.
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“I have dreamed of having a programme at schools, discussing the scourge of litter with schoolchildren,” she said.
“I would love to involve myself in an anti-litter campaign.” Medalie added that littering is the height of disrespect, is selfish and a lack of consideration for others and the environment, and is unsightly.
Details: medalie@icon.co.za; jacintarose@africangrace.co.za
