Trenton Fights Littering Problem
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Trenton recently received two Greengaroo awards for its recycling efforts. However, city officials said the city’s usual clean streets have recently been littered with garbage. “It has just become a bigger problem than it has been in the past,” said Mayor Tony Burriss. “I see paper, trash, I see furniture on the side of the roads in places that normally I would not see them.” Now, with the police department and city employees carefully watching, Burriss hopes the trash will end up where it belongs, in the garbage. “We have asked the public, the citizens of Trenton, if they see somebody throw something out of their car, get us a license plate number, get us a make or model of the car. If they know who it is, tell us who it is,” said Burriss. “I think it is just a total lack of respect for the area that you are in, the people that you are around.” With more than good looks on the line, Burriss said residents need to start taking litter seriously. “If a business person or an industrial person drives through the city of Trenton and they see paper and trash and stuff all over the sides of the streets, they are not going to be enticed to come here,” Burriss said. The city is also looking at ways to impose state fines on those who are caught littering on state highways or streets, according to Burriss.
