A Tampines Town Council cleaner had to spend more than two minutes clearing rubbish like cigarette butts, wrappers and bottle caps trapped within some bushes.
In a Facebook post on Friday (12 June), Tampines MP Baey Yam Keng shared a video of the cleaner at work next to the coffeeshop at Block 622A Tampines Avenue 12 and urged residents to maintain the cleanliness of their estate.
“It took (the cleaner) more than two minutes to clear one such landscaped area and there are eight such areas in the vicinity,” wrote Baey in his post.
“I appeal to the public to dispose of any waste properly in a bin or chute,” he said.
Baey added that even tiny waste may be blown by the wind and end up stuck in crevices or gratings that are hard to access. “If they collect water, they can also become breeding grounds for mosquitoes.”
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