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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.

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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.

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