It makes a difference if everyone does the right thing

.('Committee calls for marketing for the Peninsula', Peninsula News, October 16).

As they have a very healthy $800,000 annual budget to spend, can I suggest to the chair of the new tourism marketing and industry services agency, Affinity, that he puts on the agenda paper of his first meeting with the Peninsula Tourism Committee later this month, that they discuss ways of improving the civic and natural beauty of many of the localities in the area.

They need to lobby Council for regular roadside clean ups of the rubbish that gives otherwise wonderfully scenic roads such as Woy Woy Rd the appearance of a crystal, aluminium and plastic lined highway.

How about making it a rule that household Council clean ups are on a particular day every six months instead of the ad hoc collections we see now with old junk left outside houses most days of the year (some people like to put out their rubbish just before a long weekend or public holiday; lovely for tourists)?

Lobby the Council to amend their rules so that wheelie bins must be removed from the roadside within 24 hours of clearance and placed inside properties (and preferably out of sight of passing visitors) and not just left permanently on footpaths and roadsides.

Some areas look as if they are permanently lined with yellow, red and green plastic soldiers standing to attention.

How about a renewed horticultural effort with more shrubs and flower beds in parks and civic areas?

As Kermit the Frog said, "It's not easy being green", but it sure makes a difference if everyone does the right thing.

Email, 19 Oct 2017

Lance Dover, Pretty Beach