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Originally Posted by Rocky
I have a feeling you're not refering to me.
I have thought about this for over ten years, and seriously thought that a billboard campaign, a la "Don't be a litterbug" ,would work.
I was not being sarcastic.
That's what I believe would work.
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No Rocky I wasn't referring to you.
Since I work from home I have access to this board more than the average bear and more than I should. I don't read (forgive me if I'm looking in the wrong place) many REAL viable suggestions for solutions. Virtual real time information is a wonderous thing however it's useless unless there are three dimensional changes.
I agree that a 'don't litter' campaign would be a great thing, but how do you start it? Who do you contact to make it a reality? I've seen signs in Santo Domingo, Cabarete, Santiago and Las Terranas that have a picture for the illiterate and words for those readin folks. The think I don't see are big trash cans on the streets and the ones that I do see are often over flowing. One sign in Santo Domingo I thought was really amusing as there was a trash heap at the base of the sign.
This isn't anything similar to the '70's litter campaign in the U.S. The focus of that campaign was to clean up the industrial pollution. Here we just want the people not to throw garbage on the street and on the beach.
Maybe just buying old oil drums and using them as waste containers would be an answer. You could sell advertising on them and pay for the pick up with the monies collected from the advertisers.
Any of you lookiloo's out there that have recently been to the DR and noticed a trash problem? Did it influence you in a positive or negative way?
NAL's where are you on this one?