European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse Toronto Judy Douglas with family leadership should be a 5050 a Lack of i t Road new York times Here was an unconfirmed report in Toronto that litter was spotted on Yonge a flattened soft drink can was found on University ave and a facial tissue or escapees from an open garbage were carried along Fairfield by a fall Breeze until a sanitation Man ran them Library aide Patsy Harris imagine having a full time Job despite such occasional Toronto appears impressively clean for an Urban area and especially for a City of almost three million walk up to any american said Barry one of and the first thing he says is How clean and Safe this City few cities in the developed countries approach the tilth level of new which probably spends More per capita on sanitation than any other major Amer ican City and achieves less apparent students of Urban affairs have traced the litter to new Yorks population which provides anonymity conducive to careless to a Lack of Legal deter to a desire to defy to sanitation manage ment an budgetary problems and to the inconvenience of properly disposing of especially when there is so much blowing to a Toronto cleanliness is the reverse of the new York according to the and it is revelatory of nuances of the National character that differentiate canadians from Toronto is a very clean City in which everybody Waits for the lights to turn said a new York Cit born sociologist who feels an irresistible urge to Toronto and new York have much in common the largest cities in their Toronto with million inhabitants in 240 Square Miles and new York with million in 304 Square in the late 1970s new York spent per resident per year on garbage collection this year Toronto will spend torontonian get two garbage pickups a week Large items and bundled newspapers Are collected once a the latter for Sale by the City to private each inhabitant produces pounds of trash a the big Gest category being paper 35 followed by food wastes 22 Yard wastes 15 Glass and Metal 8 percent each and miscellaneous 20 with population living standards leveling City officials have noticed that the growth of garbage has followed a Welcome respite after 5 to 7 percent annual under the 27yearold regional government smaller local which Are politically closer to the Are responsible for garbage collection while the metropolitan handles Only 12 percent of the refuse is burned the rest becomes part of which has been turned into a ski garbage collection involves almost workers at an annual Cost of a figure Ever on the Rise each said Ian Metros director of refuse they try to Cut the budget and suggest going to once week but each year the politicians and the taxpayers its Worth the differ in contrast to new budget cuts affecting Sanita Tion Are among the hardest to there Are sociological As Well As governmental reasons for the in said Lorna a sociologist who is an associate Dean at the University of there is a greater deference to authority and a feeling that the streets belong to eve Rybo in other societies like North for one feels the streets belong to no they Are no mans there is also what might be called the Graffito Factor Slove Liness Breeds noting that Graffiti tend to spread in the new York subways after the first ones Are said that his Crews had found that one a removed piece of litter tends to attract its harder to he if the streets Are so clean that you stick out by the litter baskets Are never allowed to overflow those on Busy downtown streets Are emptied three times a people carry a bit of litter a Block or two because a receptacle is sure to be there Are Many Small businesses whose own ers live giving them a stake in maintaining a clean such shops and the numerous ethnic enclaves contribute to a certain Small town flavor that dilutes the anonymity that encourages antisocial theres a higher sense of collective responsibility Wellman theres a much greater amount of Rule following in Toronto and in Canada in the stars and stripes Page 15
