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environment and what that means for the Bay

in broader terms, but also, of-course, and more
importantly, the ecological effects of this
littering.” Silvon acknowledges that “there are

many dimensions and complexities to this
which make it a … difficult to tackle issue.” He

cites both “the Metro not doing the job it is
meant to do” and the reality that many South

African communities “don’t see dumping or
littering as a primary issue … because of the

complexities going on in these social areas and
the problems that they face already when it

comes to living, like hunger and housing which
of course are always going to take precedence

for people over something like littering.” Silvon
also remarks that the question that generally
goes hand in hand with this is this: “Should we

be trusting the government to just solve these

problems for us – these problems of waste
management – or should we be taking them

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