Clean up your act

ALMOST every visitor to Australia is greatly impressed by the cleanliness of our cities.
Littering is strictly prohibited, household rubbish is placed in big garbage bins that are emptied within 24 hours.
But, unfortunately, all these glamorous aspects are gradually disappearing in some of our cities.
In the City of Casey, for example, the way in which hard waste is collected is very bad.
Residents are encouraged to leave their hard rubbish for days outside on nature strips before collection. As everybody knows the environment has become a daily topic of conversation worldwide and schoolchildren are taught about the protection of the environment and the fight against pollution.
According to council, though, “all hard rubbish should be placed out for collection by Sunday night on the weekend before your scheduled collection week”.
In reality, however, the ugly sights on the nature strips remain for at least three weeks before collection. One may wonder why Casey council doesn’t follow the good example of some other councils in Victoria where residents of a pre-designated area or ward are asked to put their hard rubbish out for collection within 24 or 48 hours.
Undoubtedly, it would be wise for Casey council to review its policy regarding hard rubbish collection in order to spare all residents of such a permanent eyesore.
Eliezer Francois,
Endeavour Hills.