[Jwb]

I'm under the impression that most of the people who litter the streets are from the lower economic scale (dont stone me yet). I say that because from my observations most of the trash that I saw were empty Presidente bottles, used canned goods and styrofoam/polystyrene food containers.

I cant imagine the well to do Dominican drinking a bottle of beer and then throwing it out in front of his expensive home. I cant imagine the professionaly employed Dominican eating lunch out one of those styrofoam containers and then discard it in front of his place of employment. I can, however see a motoconcho driver doing exactly those things. I have personaly visited people were we have sat in there yard drinked a couple of beers plus ate food we ordered from the local colmado down the street, when it came time to leave, guess where it all ended up. You guessed it, right in the bushes or at the other neighbors yard.

I think the idea of teaching children the importance of discarding trash in receptacles is great, but you add monetary incentives to it the adults will happily come aboard. For that reason I believe if the bottling companies had a 1 peso bottle return policy, you would see an immediate improvement along the road sides.