Stop living amongst street garbage

I wish to agree with the comments made by the gentleman who wrote "Clean up your Rubbish" (Peninsula News, December 12).

I grew up in the Umina area. However, I have been living interstate for about 20 years.

I have returned to the Peninsula to live to care for elderly parents.

I am appalled at the rubbish constantly lining the streets waiting to be collected by Council. Nearly every street, each day of the week, has a pile of old lounge chairs, mattresses, old TVs, furniture, kid's toys and general flotsam covering the footpaths.

I left the Peninsula in the 80s and I don't remember it being as untidy as it is today.

Why are residents putting up with living amongst all of this street garbage?

The only way to stop it is to make it mandatory for people to take their rubbish to the tip, instead of climbing over it in front of their house.

Other places where I've lived only had two hard rubbish and one green pick up each year on designated times of the year in each area.

I am ashamed to show visitors around what is a very beautiful area, when you're not tripping over garbage on the footpath.

Wake up everyone (and Council). Be more respectful of where you live and bring this beautiful area out of the Third World.

Email, 12 Dec 2011 Marion McGrath, Blackwall