4
I shall not go into minute details of the long, mostly
fruitful, discussions already held by the Campaign Committee and its Working Groups dealing with such inter-related subjects as education, community organisation, multi-storey
buildings, industrial/commercial involvement, publicity,
programming, legislation, and, of course, budgeting/finance.
These have already studied the ways in which the campaign
can be pursued in their particular fields, and have mapped
out broad guidelines to achieve the campaign ain to attain
and maintain the cleanliness and litter-free condition of
our streets, public areas and the communal parts of
buildings.
-
The
Now, this aim may seem to some people as a typically
half-hearted way of tackling environmental pollution, but
to those who think so I must point out that this is an
anti-litter campaign, aimed at creating in the public mind
an awareness of litter, a mood of censure against litter
bugs, and gradual inculcation of good litter habits.
other appalling aspects of pollution are being, or will be,
dealt with separately by other strong committees, but
litter is one of the greatest single contributors to this
modern horror, and the earliest possible action is necessary.
Accumulations of litter block drains, they block streams,
they hinder proper cleansing, and lead in turn to a sort of public malaise which countenances the dumping of more and
larger objects, such as obsolete furniture, cars, etc.
The almost/...