These days the CMC and other private organisations are playing a fine role in keeping our streets clean. Abans is one company I have noticed all over the place and I believe they also have recycling services.

It’s great then being there to keep our country beautiful, but I think we also could help them in their work. Have you seen some of the people who do these jobs ? They are simple folk, earning very small amounts, we probably bust up what they earn in a month at a fast food joint.

I’ve noticed on my way to work, people who don’t give a damn, just throwing the rubbish outside their houses. They don’t use bin bags, they just scatter it outside their houses. Some are smart, so as not for anyone to know they did it, they scatter it outside some other persons house or on the road side.

If you look at some of the houses or people who do these, they are people who are quite well off, I’ve seen some who keep their gates open, you see 2 BMW’s and on the side of their house garbage. I know some leave the gate open to show off their cars but what about their garbage ? Simple manners ? or just courtesy to those around ? or even a bit of support for those cleaning ? or one would expect some of those levels to even have these as standard practices.

Well we can’t blame the house owners, but then we would blame their staff, they don’t see the purpose of buying bags and throwing them away. I know this happens in my place also. We have to repeatedly tell them, so it’s our duty as responsible citizens to educate those who don’t see the importance of these practices.

Maybe the CMC and companies such as Abans should hand out flyers on simple practices, for making their work easier and more efficient. It’s an added cost, but I’m sure there are organisations willing to help.

As we blame house owners, we have to direct some at the organisations as well. They have to train their staff also to work in a manner which is not an inconvenience to the public. If you notice some of the streets in the morning, as it is they are packed, but to make it worse one of the cleaning carts(if that’s what they are termed) lies in the middle of the road.

This is a big hassle and as we know our roads don’t flow smoothly but we don’t need more reasons for blocks to occur. The people who do the cleaning also need a bit of training on how to do their work. They do a great job cleaning up, but it’s the little things.

This I mentioned as one time, one angry driver stopped his vehicle in front of the cart, as he couldn’t move forward without going around, got out and scolded the person cleaning. The cleaning person did get a big shock but for him it was news, he didn’t think he was blocking the road, as he had not been told where to park his cart. What I’m trying to get at is, like this cleaning person, there will be many who are shouted at, have things thrown at them, cursed and so on.

Let’s try and figure out a way to assist these organisations in doing their jobs. We as the public should be more responsible on how we dispose of our rubbish. The cleaning organisations should train their staff on small practices, as where to park their carts and if this goes well, things would flow more smoothly.

There is one more small thing for the cleaning truck, some of them spill half of their rubbish as they go along, how can this be stopped ?

Lets keep our country clean, and lets assist those who are doing such cleaning services for us.

Thanks

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