Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group in
conjunction with Toronto Tidy Towns has been working hard to clean the shopping
area between Aldis and Woolies that had fallen into a very trashy state.
We
obtained grants from Keep Australia Beautiful and Toronto Workers Club to
survey, cleanup and renew under the principles of zero tolerance to litter and
graffiti and encouraging recycling.
The new twin bins for rubbish and recycling
materials will soon go in along the Boulevarde and around the Council car park
near Woolies. Graffiti has been removed in the car park stairwells and the walls
coated with silicon for easy wipe-off in the future.
Lomandra plants have been clipped back and 200
plants have been planted and mulched in the car park garden bed. There has been
constant vigilance to keep the area clean and signs have been put up warning of
the fines for littering.
As part of Clean Up Australia Day awareness there
will "the Opening of the Bins” on Saturday March 1 at 10am outside
Woolworths by Greg Piper. Green bags, cigarette butt holders and a native plant
will be handed out. This will be followed by an Eco Angels' survey of the
rubbish to see if there has been any improvement and the drains will be stenciled
with the message "this drain empties into Lake Macquarie".
Everyone is welcome to come along on March 1 at
10am to celebrate the new clean look!
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