MOCHUDI - The Kgatleng District Councils principal youth officer, Mr Christopher Maramba has urged Batswana to stop littering as that could scare away potential investors and tourists.

He said a filthy and polluted environment reflects badly on the community.

Speaking before a clean-up campaign undertaken by the youth and the business community around the Mochudi Mall on Friday, he said tins, bottles, plastics and other used material were an eyesore along the major roads and the environs.

He said a filthy environment was prone to diseases, which end up afflicting the community at large.

Mr Maramba said some of the waste material lying around could be used as recycled materials.

Consequently, he urged the people to be creative and recycle waste material to earn a living.

He took a swipe at the drivers and the passengers who have developed a habit of throwing out used material especially tins and bottles through the windows of their vehicles.

Mr Maramba said sensitizing people about the importance of safe waste disposal in their business premises and places of work as well making them aware of the measures/actions that can be taken against them if they dont adhere to safe waste disposal, was the way to go to help reduce environmental pollution.

He stated that the clean-up campaigns will henceforth cover the whole of the district. People, who participated in the clean up campaign raised concern about the inordinate delays on the part of the council in collecting the generated waste.

They complained that the council waste collection system was not effective and in the process was contributing to pollution.

Some street vendors appealed to the council to provide refuse containers within the shopping areas for ease of access by the customers. BOPA