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Mayor
Jimmy C. Lunsford
Mayor Jimmy Lunsford's Litter Tips of the Week have appeared in the Troy Messenger and have been played on WTBF radio of Troy.
Litter Tip of the Week
Clean communities have a better chance of
attracting new businesses than those where litter is common. Please
concentrate on keeping your homes, apartments, businesses, and
neighborhoods clean by sweeping porches, front walkways, alleys, and
picking up trash and debris.
Litter Tip of the Week
Household garbage is one of our main
sources of litter, when you leave your trash out by the road, please
make sure it is tied in a bundle and the lid of your trash can is closed
securely. Section 11-46 of our city's Code of Ordinances states that any
person in charge of any premises should not allow an accumulation of
garbage, trash, or litter in the vicinity of any trash container serving
such premises. Please set a good example to your neighbors in your
neighborhood. If all of our neighborhoods follow these simple rules, we
can reduce the amount of litter in Troy tremendously.
Litter Tip of the Week
A major source of litter in Troy originates
from our business owners. Business owners should frequently check their
dumpsters and make sure dumpster lids are closed and loading docks are
clean. Also, owners should consistently monitor the area around their
business making sure it is clean and well kept. This will not only make
our city's appearance more beautiful, it will attract more customers to
your businesses.
Litter Tip of the Week
City workers, construction workers, or
anyone in the city of Troy that constantly carries supplies in their
trucks should always make sure that all loose materials are completely
covered. Truck drivers are constantly loosing trash out of the backs of
their trucks and are not aware that they are causing a large amount of
litter on our roads and highways. Section 11-42 of our city's Code of
Ordinances states that it is unlawful for any person to operate any
vehicle on the public streets that will spill waste upon the public
streets. Please take a minute every day and check your vehicles for
these loose materials and this will decrease litter on our roads
tremendously.
Litter Tip of the Week
Business owners should realize that litter
especially affects them. Litter reduces property values and deprives
local businesses revenue when their dollars are spent to clean parking
lots and the area around businesses. This will eventually affect the
members of our community by increasing the cost of goods we buy every
day.
Litter Tip of the Week
Many smokers do not believe that throwing
their cigarette butts out of the window has a very negative
environmental impact, nor do they consider it littering. Not only does
cigarette litter look terrible on our roads and highways, littered
cigarette filters contain toxic chemicals that leak into the air and
water and they can take decades to degrade, littered butts also cause
numerous fires every year. Some smokers are completely unaware of the
problems they are causing, if you know someone who is guilty of flicking
their butts out of the window, please educate them on the negative
affects they are causing.
Litter Tip of the Week
Littering presents a threat to our
wildlife. Next time you flick a cigarette butt out of your window or
throw out a piece of plastic, consider this… Cigarette filters have been
found in the stomachs of fish, birds, whales and other marine creatures
who mistake them for food. Birds are trapped in plastic six pack holders
and are unable to escape. Please be considerate and protective of our
wildlife.
Litter Tip of the Week
One main source of litter is coming from
the posting of handbills, signs, notices, and advertisements. When
patrons distribute these materials, they are blowing off of cars,
buildings and doors and landing in our streets. Section 11-47 in our
city's Code of Ordinances states that No person whether or not a
licensed bill poster, shall paste any thing of this sort within the
limits unless the person is legally in possession or has the owner’s
consent. Please obey this law and keep these unnecessary eye sores off
of our streets.
Education is an essential component in litter prevention, and is needed to motivate the citizens of our community to make Troy a litter-free environment. With my litter tips of the week, I hope the members of our community are becoming more educated and aware of litter and its many negative effects on our city. Please continue to read them and help me in my fight for a community that is free of litter.
Litter tip of the Week
Did you know that if you throw a paper bag
out of your window, it takes one month to decompose? Place a litter bag
in your vehicle, if you would like a "City of Troy" litter bag, please
come by and pick one up at City Hall. With a bag in your vehicle, you
can accumulate your litter in the bag until you can find a trash can.
Litter tip of the Week
Research shows that people litter if they
do not feel any personal "ownership" in, or responsibility for, areas in
the community we all share, like streets, parks, sidewalks, etc. Please
realize that this is your home and take pride in your community by not
littering.
Litter tip of the Week
People litter when they believe someone
else will pick up after them. This is particularly true when individuals
are not aware of the fact that the cost of this kind of maintenance is
eventually passed on to them in one way or another. So, please
concentrate on keeping Troy litter – free.