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Admiral Beez said:
Why does this city clean up public areas? Today I walked from the Canada Day events at Queens Park to Wellesley and Parliament. The litter and filth in Barbara Hall park alone was an embarrassment, and all along the way there’s litter everywhere. Property taxes are up almost 20% in two years, can we do something about the litter?
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Ask the Mayor.......... seriously, please.

picard102 said:
Barbara Hall park just finished a massive week long event, as did most of Church and Wellesley. It might take them a day or two to clean up after teardown.
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The City used to plan for total clean-up day of after all parades and festivals.........even after pride, you used to the street cleaners lined up behind the route, the plus staff with old school broom and bag........they would let the parade clear and the crowd dissipate, but then move in within 2 hours.......the barrier removal crew came behind them, waste management emptying the bins.............then final clean-up.

I don't know when it changed, but its not acceptable.
 
Northern Light said:
The City used to plan for total clean-up day of after all parades and festivals.........even after pride, you used to the street cleaners lined up behind the route, the plus staff with old school broom and bag........they would let the parade clear and the crowd dissipate, but then move in within 2 hours.......the barrier removal crew came behind them, waste management emptying the bins.............then final clean-up.

I don't know when it changed, but its not acceptable.
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The city did come in behind the parade as usual this year, several street sweepers, vacuum carts and, garbage trucks emptying trash.

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The "shabby realm" is a result of fiscal conservatives cutting, cutting, cutting, and cutting of so-called "unnecessary" expenses, including sweeping, litter pickup, repairs, etc.. All to save money. To clean up the public realm means we have to spend the money and actually send out the people to do the cleaning.
 
Northern Light said:
Then something went wrong if @Admiral Beez saw so much litter everywhere. They need to be a bit more thorough.
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I imagine that the street fair / Green Space cleanup is very different than the parade clean up. Being on different streets and all.

Church/Wellesley and Barbara Hall probably weren't cleared of equipment until Monday at the latest. Clean up probably would only start today if it weren't a holiday.
 
AlvinofDiaspar said:
Because the committee on clean and beautiful city is still discussing what to do. /s And besides, when is the last time you seen anyone getting fined for littering? That's why.

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We don’t enforce any of the laws and bylaws against what I would call public nuisance, such as littering, vandalism, and requiring property owners to remove graffiti. Look in any ravine, underpass or green space downtown and you’ll see tons of litter and crap. And then there’s the public intoxication and erratic wigged out people. I suggest that beat cops would help. Get our cops out of their cars, off of their bikes and horses, and onto their feet.
 
AlvinofDiaspar said:
They are - though in this instance (and large public events in general) I am a little more lenient given you probably don't want to have too many trash bins around for crowd safety reasons.

AoD
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Maybe I have more of the Japanese attitude that you carry your garbage until you find a place to dispose of it, even if that is at home.
 
Actually did see someone sweeping up things in front of the H&M at Yonge-Dundas yesterday. Not sure if i've seen that before or if I just wasn't cognizant of it.
 
Mihairokov said:
Actually did see someone sweeping up things in front of the H&M at Yonge-Dundas yesterday. Not sure if i've seen that before or if I just wasn't cognizant of it.
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There are definitely street cleaners on the stretch - the problem is that sweeping alone isn't sufficient - you really need to wash the sidewalk to get rid of the muck and stink. And then there is the degraded state of the hardscape (and the question on the design choices of said hardscape) that needed to be dealt with as well.

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AlvinofDiaspar said:
There are definitely street cleaners on the stretch - the problem is that sweeping alone isn't sufficient - you really need to wash the sidewalk to get rid of the muck and stink. And then there is the degraded state of the hardscape (and the question on the design choices of said hardscape) that needed to be dealt with as well.

AoD
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It is clearly too much to expect bouches de lavage here but... https://parisianfields.com/2012/03/11/a-most-unusual-water-system/
 
AlvinofDiaspar said:
They are - though in this instance (and large public events in general) I am a little more lenient given you probably don't want to have too many trash bins around for crowd safety reasons.

AoD
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In a city where one of our sins is far too many poles in sidewalks (on most roads), extra garbage cans should not be an issue, you just chain them to the poles, failing that put them in groups of 4 chained to each other. (in a square)
 
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