Cleanliness Day 2010: a review

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The Cleanliness Day is an initiative of the City of Brussels to make people sensitive about the importance of keeping the city clean. This second edition was able to gather:

• 270 roadsweepers
• 300 ambassadors of cleanliness
• 30 promoboys
• 25 stewards of Bravvo
• 5 stewards of Atrium
• 5 district committees
• 3 committees of shopkeepers
• 5 associations
• about ten schools
• the Property Management Agency
• ...

Shopkeepers of the Rue Marie-Christine

This 2nd Day of Cleanliness also saw lots of initiatives by the citizens. In Laeken, about twenty children met with shopkeepers of their district to offer a cleaning kit to the winners of their Cleanliness Quiz. In the Rue Marie-Christine, 1 on 2 shopkeepers cleaned their pavement on the initiative of the district contract. In parallel, other actions were led by Infrabel (infrastructure of railroads) in certain stations and by the STIB, in certain metro stations of the city center.

Numerous initiatives

Other events were also organized like an exhibition of photos on cleanliness in the Buurtwinkel and in the community centre Anneessens. The Source realized a cleaning event in the Senne district. The association Picol made a treasure hunt for children and their families. The district contracts Maison Rouge and Rouppe held information sessions.

900 votes for cleanliness

The 13 cleanliness embassies played the role of headquarters: from the centre to Haren, and from Laeken to Neder-Over-Heembeek. Their mission was to inform everyone. More than 900 citizens of Brussels also participated in a vote on cleanliness to indicate the most striking incivilities. The ambassadors also distributed informative flyers and gave away presents like sponges, pocket ashtrays and bags for dog excrement.

The biggest incivilities:

• illegal dumping
• dog excrement
• butts

In comparison to 2009, dog excrement, tags and graffiti cause less problems. This is in a minor extent also true for the traces and the smell of urine. Illegal dumping stays a problem, because solutions for the other incivilities are easier to find. Dog excrement is the major problem in quarters where illegal dumping is a minor problem.

Manneken-Pis, supporter of the Cleanliness Day

Other key event of the day, the dressing of Manneken-Pis as a cleanliness agent of the City of Brussels.

In 2011, the 3rd Cleanliness Day will take place on the 3rd Saturday of April.

• Photo album Cleanliness Day 2010