Many Bahamians litter as a result of their upbringing, it was claimed yesterday.<\/p>\n
Executive co-ordinator of the Bahamas National Pride Association Peter Brown said New Providence is not as clean as it should be because Bahamians take their environment for granted.<\/p>\n
“The way we treat our environment is basically how we have been reared. We take it for granted – its someone else’s job to clean it up, to maintain it. Its not our job; so we trash it by throwing out bottles, cans, papers, et cetera,” he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Brown said Keep America Beautiful- an organisation specialising in the determination of how littered a city is – surveyed a section of New Providence five years ago.<\/p>\n
Since it is believed that the situation has not changed, the group has not been invited to do another survey, Mr Brown says.<\/p>\n
“It is supposed to be done on a regular basis to show how a city is improving, but if there is no improvement, then why do it?<\/p>\n
“If you drive around town long enough, you will see people throwing cans and bottles out of their cars. They don’t see that as being a problem,” he said.<\/p>\n
Despite this, Mr Brown is still optimistic.<\/p>\n
“We have our work cut for us, but I think that we are going to get there eventually, but there are a couple of things that we need to do before we get there,” he says.<\/p>\n
The NPA needs more funding if it is to run more programmes that will educate and encourage Bahamians to treat their environment better, he said.<\/p>\n
“We depend almost entirely on donations from publicly spirited persons or sponsors. We get a stipend from government – a very humble stipend. This building is leased from government, government pays most of the utilities; and government pays myself and the staff that I have here,” Mr Brown said.<\/p>\n
The association works with community groups, answering questions and lending moral support. Sometimes groups hold meetings at the association’s office where they are offered light refreshments.<\/p>\n
But Mr Brown says the NPA would do more if it had the funds.<\/p>\n
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