In the US there is the "Adopt a Highway, Adopt a road, etc..." program which seems to be very successful at maintaining roads and highways clean. The premise is that organizations, companies, etc...adopt a piece of highway (usually several miles) and become responsible for maintaining it clean. I wonder if something like this could be implemented in the DR.
IMO the trash problem in the DR needs a three pronged approach. First you educate, educate, educate...Second you hit the airwave with campaigns like the ones proposed in other posts in this thread, and third and most importantly you heavily penalize those who break the trash laws. Make examples of a few people...Shame them publicly if you must, and you will see an immediate change.
I've heard that back when Trujillo was in power the DR was actually the cleanest country in Latin America...
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