By DARLENE CAY and VINCE NONATO
A clean election is on many people’s wish-list.
To environmentalists, this means less trash or even zero waste during the campaign and polling day itself. It also means using campaign materials that are less harmful to Mother Nature.
With three weeks to go before elections, campaigning is heating up around the country and the ubiquitous campaign posters, flyers, stickers, tarpaulins and other materials are seen almost everywhere – on walls, electric posts, fences, cars and even trees.
They’re not just an eyesore, but cleaning up the litter after the elections would be a nightmare for those who will be left to do the job – janitors, street sweepers and other barangay workers.
Then finally, where will the garbage go?