Spring Clean Up One Week Away

Friday, April 11, 2008 01:21 PM

Prince George, B.C. - The City of Prince George is getting ready for the annual Spring Clean Up day. To be held on April 20^th, the idea is to get as many people out as possible to help pick up some of the litter that has been strewn around the City over the winter.

There was only one problem for today’s photo op, there wasn’t any litter on the City Hall lawn to pick up. In fact there was still a good deal of snow under the shrubs, and that is the place where the litter usually shows. In fact, the only visible litter was an empty box for Vex coolers, tucked in behind some shrubs, and a plastic sandwich bag.

Councillor Debora Munoz wanted to show how easy it is, so with the help of some props (intentionally placed litter), she did her part to “clean up the City Hall grounds”.

Last year, 17 thousand kgs of debris were picked up throughout the City on the Spring Clean Up Day. You can sign up at City Hall to take part as an individual or register a team, either way you will be give free gloves and a bag.

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Posted on Friday, April 11, 2008 01:21 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: lmorg on April 11 2008 1:41 PM

Can she pick up the homeless trash that predatates the downtown ?

Posted by: Anastasia on April 11 2008 1:46 PM

nice way to comment on another human being, hopefully none of your loved ones become homeless and if they should well now they know how you will think of them!!

Posted by: Big_Dog on April 11 2008 1:48 PM

WOW. The only response to this story is an immature comment like that?! Just...wow.

Good on whoever takes part in this. Garbage is being removed from PG streets -the city will get a clean up, and people are pichting in to help out their town.

Am I the only one that sees that this is a GOOD news story for a change?! All the moronic negative comments - especially on POSITIVE stories, are unbelievable!

Posted by: Big_Dog on April 11 2008 1:49 PM

(Referring to lmorg...not you Anastasia!)

Posted by: northman on April 11 2008 3:40 PM

Check out the shirt.. "Tim Hortens community clean up"
Funny thing is half the crap you find laying out in the streets is Tim's coffee cups and wrapers. check out the where the snowbanks have melted close to any tim hortens.

Posted by: northman on April 11 2008 3:41 PM

oops forgot to proof read.. "check out the where the"

Posted by: Runner46 on April 11 2008 6:09 PM

For about the umpteenth time, Yellowhead Rotary is putting up bucks and people to pick up up and down the Hudsons Bay Slough, from the Fraser to Victoria Street. Anyone interested in coming along next Sunday is more than welcome.

Who want to know more to spend a few hours up close and personal with our City?

Posted by: rambleon on April 12 2008 12:31 AM

What's funny about that, Northman? It seems like a reasonable gesture for Tim Horton's to sponsor such an event, knowing that garbage from their products contribute to trash. Regardless, why should we insinuate that any of the problem is even partially their fault. Shouldn't all blame lay on the consumer who irresponsibly discards their garbage? I don't see anyone raising a big stink with Glad because their garbage bags line Foothills all the way to the dump...

Posted by: acrider54 on April 12 2008 6:42 AM

The city or one of the trash contractors should hire full time people to pick up garbage on Foothills that fall out of the trucks on the trip up. Yes there are some private vehicles that lose a bit on the way up but the majority comes from the garbage trucks.

Posted by: Bridge on April 12 2008 9:36 AM

Great effort to clean up garbage left by those that couldnt care less what our City looks like.

On the other hand in other cities that I have lived in "spring clean up" consisted of a City truck appearing on a certain day and picking up any surplus garbage that had accumulated around the home during the winter months. All we get from our City is "the cup is half full".

Cheers

Posted by: heidi1555 on April 12 2008 11:41 AM

This is very good news! Too bad she couldn't poke certain members of council who are for the bio mass air/body polluter with her stick.

:)

Posted by: gitterdun on April 13 2008 9:20 AM

This is the only day of the year that the city supports garbage cleanup. If they were concerned about where people dispose of their garbage they would not have imposed fees and then subsequently increased them at the transfer stations. As soon as that happened there was an immediate increase in the amount of dumped garbage on deadend roads and "rural" areas of the city. The city should have at least one day a month that people can dispose of residential garbage without being charged. Or even waive the fees altogether. It would reduce the bears if you could drop off your garbage instead of waiting a week or longer for your garbage to be picked up. And before anyone says it, usually the people that don't have a garage to store their garbage are the ones least able to spare $4 on a regular basis to go to the transfer station.