I think its an evolutionary problem.......you look at the history of UK France etc and you will find many stories about the lack of sanitation and refuse left to pile up in the streets.
They even designed high heeled shoes to help people walk in the streets and keep their feet out of the raw sewerage. That was 200 years ago for us but the third world are in terms of development about 100 years behind the first world.
I know this is a generalisation but having travelled to many poor countries you will see the problem is common to most...not all I agree. Sytems of local governance are what will change this, when you get local people with funds and or desire to tackle the problem then you will see the education and an improvement. Meantime the eviroment will suffer and many more people will be effected...perhaps a replay of the Black Death would accelerate the process like it did for Europe...I am not wishing that on anyone I use it more as an example of what it took to turn the countries of Europe around.
Small local projects are the way to go at the moment I think. If the government wanted to really do something they could try and ban plastic bags and styrene packaging. Award communities with incentives by having some kind of local award for the cleanest streets encourage Gardeners to extend their thoughts ideas and actions into making the streets look better.
If you ever get the chance to go to England I would suggest you look at some of the entrants is similar contests for village of the year or county shows to see just what can be achieved.
I think I said before how important it is to clean as soon as you get a problem or else like Grafitti it will attract another and another untill the area decends into a total wasteland. Anyone who has seen the pictures of the Creek will no doubt agree this can't go on any longer without serious harm to the Island and its reputation.
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