Dear Editor,
I am sure there were many who were shocked to see the volume of garbage being dragged from the drains of Kingston by government workers at the cost of millions of taxpayer dollars.
And then they would have been equally disappointed as a lukewarm plea went out from local government officers urging people to stop dumping garbage in drains and gullies.
Many people before have made such pleas and have got nowhere. So, please, get real!
The Ministry of Local Government has generally proven to be a lukewarm entity that apparently knows nothing about garbage solutions, except to put up "a mini recycling entity" as a face-card and ignore the mammoth garbage reality. Its efforts have been an incredible waste of taxpayers' money as there is no measure of success and no accountability.
The plea should have been presented with a plan to set up garbage receptacles inside markets to separate plastics and other salvageables from the valuable organic matter and other refuse. This should be supported by the presence of official uniformed litter wardens (ie parish council enforcers) to enforce the laws.
We are not a nation of wild animals. We are, in fact, intelligent human beings who can act sanely and sensibly, but not without more than a gentle push here and there to insist that rules are put in place and garbage management followed according to the existing laws.
Some stricter laws, official litter wardens and knowledge of garbage separation will cost a lot less than trying to unblock totally clogged insanitary drains and water courses. Try it nuh?
Marguerite Gauron
Portland
hmgauron@gmail.com
Deal with waste, stop wasting money
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I am sure there were many who were shocked to see the volume of garbage being dragged from the drains of Kingston by government workers at the cost of millions of taxpayer dollars.
And then they would have been equally disappointed as a lukewarm plea went out from local government officers urging people to stop dumping garbage in drains and gullies.
Many people before have made such pleas and have got nowhere. So, please, get real!
The Ministry of Local Government has generally proven to be a lukewarm entity that apparently knows nothing about garbage solutions, except to put up "a mini recycling entity" as a face-card and ignore the mammoth garbage reality. Its efforts have been an incredible waste of taxpayers' money as there is no measure of success and no accountability.
The plea should have been presented with a plan to set up garbage receptacles inside markets to separate plastics and other salvageables from the valuable organic matter and other refuse. This should be supported by the presence of official uniformed litter wardens (ie parish council enforcers) to enforce the laws.
We are not a nation of wild animals. We are, in fact, intelligent human beings who can act sanely and sensibly, but not without more than a gentle push here and there to insist that rules are put in place and garbage management followed according to the existing laws.
Some stricter laws, official litter wardens and knowledge of garbage separation will cost a lot less than trying to unblock totally clogged insanitary drains and water courses. Try it nuh?
Marguerite Gauron
Portland
hmgauron@gmail.com
Deal with waste, stop wasting money
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