Is your neighborhood cleaner?

[expatagogo]

On a personal level, my street doesn't have much of a trash problem, but there aren't store fronts or street vendors, which (in my opinion, anyway) seems to go hand-in-hand with trash in the streets. That will soon change, though, as these apartment buildings are complete and shops begin to occupy the ground floors.

Anyway, as part of his "First 100 Days" initiative, President Morsi has begun to address Egypt's (immense!) garbage problem.

Have you noticed a difference in your neighborhood? In general?

[hyper_janice]

Asher Men Ramadan is also very good about garbage (dump luggers everywhere). However, when visiting relatives in Helwan, the garbage on the streets Friday was terrible, in fact worse than I've seen in quite a while. Helwan is in quite a state, between the air pollution and huge garbage piles in open air, it is no wonder the relatives that live in this area are constantly battling sickness.

[Whitedesert]

Degla has not changed. Became worse after the revolution, still the same...

[expatagogo]

Originally Posted by hyper_janice

Asher Men Ramadan is also very good about garbage (dump luggers everywhere). However, when visiting relatives in Helwan, the garbage on the streets Friday was terrible, in fact worse than I've seen in quite a while. Helwan is in quite a state, between the air pollution and huge garbage piles in open air, it is no wonder the relatives that live in this area are constantly battling sickness.

I'll never understand how or why butchers are allowed to swish tainted water into the streets for people to walk through, up onto the sidewalks, and into their homes.

There doesn't seem to be a point to washing sidewalks into the street, only to have it all tracked back up onto the sidewalk again. A classic example of "rinse, repeat."

Streets themselves are never swept, much less given a good hosing. One would think that would be a good start - after the heaps of trash are collected, of course.

[marimar]

Originally Posted by expatagogo

I'll never understand how or why butchers are allowed to swish tainted water into the streets for people to walk through, up onto the sidewalks, and into their homes.

There doesn't seem to be a point to washing sidewalks into the street, only to have it all tracked back up onto the sidewalk again. A classic example of "rinse, repeat."

Streets themselves are never swept, much less given a good hosing. One would think that would be a good start - after the heaps of trash are collected, of course.

I have seen the pavements being hosed down quite a few times where I live, we regularly have the road sweepers go by, although I can understand why they never venture down the inner streets, too many cars parked all the time so they can't access the dirt and dust. The other morning we even had a small truck going along the road with a guy hosing down the street lights!! Living along the sea front perhaps this is all for the benefit of tourism!!

[MaidenScotland]

Sadly no better, however on the day of the presidents swearing in they were cleaning up all around C.U.. and we did say.. hope he is not going to be another Mubarak with roads blocked and cleaned for him to pass.. so his initiative is welcome as only this morning I watched the road sweeper through paper down lol

[MaidenScotland]

Originally Posted by Whitedesert

Degla has not changed. Became worse after the revolution, still the same...

Yes I see you now have street hawkers that were banned before the revolution.

[expatagogo]

Originally Posted by MaidenScotland

so his initiative is welcome as only this morning I watched the road sweeper through paper down lol

Last week there was a street sweeper dragging his bin down the street. A fellow was getting into his car, saw the sweeper, walked down the street to get to the bin, and threw an empty bebsi can into it, then walked back to his car.

I have to admit, I admire when people are part of the solution instead of part of the problem.

[expatagogo]

Originally Posted by marimar

I have seen the pavements being hosed down quite a few times where I live, we regularly have the road sweepers go by, although I can understand why they never venture down the inner streets, too many cars parked all the time so they can't access the dirt and dust. The other morning we even had a small truck going along the road with a guy hosing down the street lights!! Living along the sea front perhaps this is all for the benefit of tourism!!

It could be, although I believe everyone is disgusted with it.

Maybe if all of the dilapidated vehicles that never move (because they don't work!) were hauled away, a lot of the side street mess could likely be washed away, too.

[hyper_janice]

There was a truck with guys opening up the sewers, reached down with a metal scoop and put the slop on the road in Asher Men Ramadan. I thought that was disgusting and the smell was bad for a couple days also. I suppose it'll dry and blow into the house, oh dear, I should just not think about it!