'Just Bin It' campaign aims for cleaner parks - Singapore's Online Community

**Voodoo Vince** · 27-01-2008, 10:59 AM

'Just Bin It' campaign aims for cleaner parks
By Chio Su-Mei, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 26 January 2008 1953 hrs

SINGAPORE: 20 per cent of park users have no qualms about littering in parks.

15 per cent also feel that throwing small items, like cigarette butts and tissue paper, does not constitute littering.

NEA's Littering Behaviour Study over the past two years also found that drink containers are the most common litter found in parks.

This is followed by cigarette butts, plastic wrappers, tissue and strips of paper.

So NEA and National Parks has launched the "Just Bin It" campaign at the East Coast Park, West Coast Park, Changi Beach and the Pasir Ris Park.

160 student ambassadors will also help spread the anti-littering message during the year's school holidays.

And to kick off the campaign, students from 20 schools competed in the Paint-A-Bin competition.

Their works will be displayed at the four parks. -CNA/vm

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...325120/1/.html

**Mad Max** · 27-01-2008, 03:56 PM

NEA is getting seriously tough on the litterbugs.

**lai** · 27-01-2008, 06:02 PM

especially sun morn u will see hugh quantity of rubbish loitering beside the bin on east parkway & changi park, maybe shd design a bigger bin on such area , to ease the cleaner job.

**Jake** · 31-01-2008, 10:22 PM

If only everyone is gracious, we wouldn't have this campaign.

**Voodoo Vince** · 31-01-2008, 11:54 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Jake
	If only everyone is gracious, we wouldn't have this campaign.

True, if only everyone is gracious enough, then there would be no campaign to teach us how to behave.

**Miss QQ** · 01-02-2008, 08:43 AM

Well... Need to take care of the environment we are living in...

**Huaikong** · 01-02-2008, 11:43 AM

imo simply waste of $$ to start this campaign.just go to east coast on weekend nite to witness the horrigible dumping ground....

**Voodoo Vince** · 01-02-2008, 11:59 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Huaikong
	imo simply waste of $$ to start this campaign.just go to east coast on weekend nite to witness the horrigible dumping ground....

We are not gracious enough to clean up by ourself.

**TotalNV** · 01-02-2008, 03:37 PM

put more bins... sometimes i have trouble locating a dustbin.

**R4ng3r** · 01-02-2008, 04:04 PM

yup. more bins should help but its not pleasant to see so many bins. but still, it helps

**Idontknowyou** · 01-02-2008, 07:24 PM

Singapore clean and green hor.